J.K Palmer's 1832 Arithmetic Book with Hand Done Fraktur Lettering leather covered waverly cigarette tin with a chandelier hanging right

with a chandelier hanging right over it

and some hairline cracking to the paint

or how it came to have barnacles all over it

including the number of Saturdays

J.K Palmer's 1832 Arithmetic Book with Hand Done Fraktur Lettering leather covered waverly cigarette tin with a chandelier hanging rightAnother antique book too lovely not to bring home, this one titled Daboll's Schoolmaster's Assistant Plain Practical System of Arithmetic, published in 1832. It was owned by a Jacob K. Palmer, who wrote his name all over the end papers, including a few times in fraktur style letters, which he also applied to writing the word "arithmetic". I just love looking at all those letters and flourishes packed onto those few pages, and the interior of the book