Fascinating 1860s French Sketchbook, Full (48 pages full) fish shaped platter and a few other scattered

and a few other scattered small stains

"Gasconade boast bravado"

All in excellent

sturdy structural condition

And so he sleeps under the apple tree and around him linger only loving and tender memories

Fascinating 1860s French Sketchbook, Full (48 pages full) fish shaped platter and a few other scatteredThis 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