Keep Hands OFF, G.R's First German Book for School and Home, 1870s made with love which makes me think of

which makes me think of suns and moons and stars everywhere

there are a couple of hairline cracks to the surface of the wood at one end and perhaps a couple of small knicks to the corners on that end

but also just as a lovely little object for display

4" long x 1" wide

He made ​​drawings of stoneware for Rörstrand

Keep Hands OFF, G.R's First German Book for School and Home, 1870s made with love which makes me think ofOf course it is the "Keep hands OFF this Book" written by a GR in blue crayon on the inside front cover of this old German language school book that sold me on it, but then it was a delight to discover a few small drawings and crayon coloring on some of the geometric shapes scattered across its pages. And the printed matter itself is quite lovely, combining bits of arithmetic and geometry and penmanship and German language on each page. Some pages at