Frances Billings' Very Sweet Seventh Grade Herbarium, c. 1910s-20s american penmanship ) Handmade in Indonesia

) Handmade in Indonesia

This was among several having to do with good health and hygiene habits

the other black and white--and though I am offering them for sale separately

Clearly it has had quite a life

but it seems to me just right at this scale--like a whisper of a message from on far

Frances Billings' Very Sweet Seventh Grade Herbarium, c. 1910s-20s american penmanship ) Handmade in IndonesiaA very sweet group of 24 "nature studies," housed in a cloth covered three ring binder though those binder rings pull at the holes in the somewhat brittle paper, making them not so easy to flip through so I'd keep them loose inside, or get some of these into frames. Sometimes one loves love herbarium for their exquisiteness, and sometimes for the humble earnestness this is more the latter, but really very lovely too. I love the paper they were done