Olney's Modern Geography, 1835, With Excellent Endpaper Squirrel Drawing! metal Paintings measure approx 4 1/2"

Paintings measure approx 4 1/2" t x 4 1/4" w give or take a hair

A gorgeous watercolor taken at face value

and while not all are great

so that I could use it all of the time

I purchased this one at the Boston Antiquarian Book Fair from a wonderful dealer sharing my love of early paper

Olney's Modern Geography, 1835, With Excellent Endpaper Squirrel Drawing! metal Paintings measure approx 4 1/2"It is interesting to revisit world geography from an 1835 American perspective, but I must say this one for me is really all about the squirrel drawing on the inside of the front cover! Executed in graphite, it is definitely of the period. There is also a terrific nine quadrant printed chart of directions with hands pointing every way a few pages in. And then it is all about America. (I think there was another chunk to this book, lost at the back;