19th C. Art School Anatomy Lessons, 90+ Packed Pages Ink Drawings and Handwriten Textbooks miniature chamber pot a bus line running from

a bus line running from Monterrey in Nuevo Leon

no cracks or repairs

with cartouche shape to the red and black grain painting on the lid

3 13/16” x 2 5/8”

Plenty of wear to the oil cloth but apart from the gaping hole on the backside

19th C. Art School Anatomy Lessons, 90+ Packed Pages Ink Drawings and Handwriten Textbooks miniature chamber pot a bus line running fromI purchased this one on Ebay, based on a few images that made me think it might be quite a thing, and indeed it is! With nearly 100 oversized pages packed with ink drawn illustrations and dense hand written text, it was the work of a "HPB" ( monogrammed at bottom right on every page), a student of art at academy I believe, and covers a wide scope of human anatomy and physiognomy, etc. Clearly he (I presume) was referencing (probably carefully copying)