Fascinating 1860s French Sketchbook, Full (48 pages full) cute and might wrap and tie

and might wrap and tie a ribbon around the end of the handle and hang it on the wall as is

in great condition with a nice warm patina

but lovely enough just to hang from a ribbon on the wall

pigs and horses in the same style of his carvings

9 3/4" x 7 5/8"

Fascinating 1860s French Sketchbook, Full (48 pages full) cute and might wrap and tieThis small but chock full watercolor drawing sketchbook is French, 1860s, purchased from a seller there; many time better in hand than my photos convey, and really quite marvelous, including for the diversity and often unusualness at least to contemporary eyes of its contents. Lots of portraits of people in the gardens of Paris, or on the street and one in the morgue (visiting the morgue was a popular pastime in mid 19th c. Paris.) A series of