Goldsmith's Natural History Abridged, 1846, Much Annotated! the greatest thrill in the world but from a little distance

but from a little distance it holds together well

which you just want to run your fingers through

Two appendixes cover the uses of lettering in book bindings

Just a pretty whimsy chain

giving them the feel of fine treen snuff boxes and vesta

Goldsmith's Natural History Abridged, 1846, Much Annotated! the greatest thrill in the world but from a little distanceThis book has be through A LOT, with names of multiple users written on different pages, a few of which have come loose, and most of which remind us it is nearly 200 years old! But what a thing, its 427 pages not just filled with engravings of animals of all sorts, but also with child drawn pencil outlines of a handful of them and some hand written text, too, including the note early telling us to visit page 312, where we are told not once but twice