Set of Three Late 19th Century Educational and Industrial Drawing Notebooks un page moulee Terrific painted roofs

Terrific painted roofs

Wooden numbers measure 5/8" diameter

writing or drawing away

seems to have been the specialty of John E

Set of Three Late 19th Century Educational and Industrial Drawing Notebooks un page moulee Terrific painted roofsThe covers on these are pretty rough detached in the case of two of them but I've got a weakness for these old drawing instruction books, especially the more minimal ones as these are (focused on simple shapes, designs and patterns) and there are a couple curious drawings in here all their own (faces, skeletons.) I have not done a comprehensive job photographing, but photos here give a good sense a few favorites pages first, then a sampling of a few