Scarce Manual of Gymnastic Exercises for School and Family, 1863, with Excellent Illustrations! drawing on ruled paper equally good from every side

equally good from every side and angle

where it was clearly opened and shut many many times--think of all the fish caught with the "leurre" inside

3 5/8" l x 3 1/4" t x 1 1/8" w

Wonderfully primitive in the manner of the carving

Scarce Manual of Gymnastic Exercises for School and Family, 1863, with Excellent Illustrations! drawing on ruled paper equally good from every sideSo fun to find this one the other day, gymnastic exercises a la 1863! It's a scarce one, and made all the better by careful crayon coloring in yellow and green on a number of the excellent illustrations. I especially like seeing a section toward the end where movements of the body were linked to spelling out words, and others specifying the tempo of music, or even specific songs, to which exercise sequences of should be set. Just waiting to be