19th Century Book Page with Drawings and Handwritten Text sacred Spring 1982)

Spring 1982)

(Personally though I find this version the most charming

Or perhaps it was used for storing tobacco

but it's quite solid and pretty heavy

19th Century Book Page with Drawings and Handwritten Text sacred Spring 1982)Hard to decide which side of this I like better, so the first photo here shows both sides. I believe this was likely a front matter page of a much studied book, perhaps even a small bible (among the hand written text: "the Bible is the best of books," and then underneath that: "no it ain't"!!) Also written are a series of names, making one assume the book was passed along from one person sibling to another: Sophia, Miriam, and Prudence Gallup, and