Isaac Ilsley's 1820 Math Notebook with Lovely Headers, Portland Maine hand-painted blocks which nearly obscures the ink

which nearly obscures the ink drawn/written details

and that of her dog too

with a great zig zag of white teeth and pink blush on the cheeks

I found this box at a terrific antique shop in Maine

(At least this is what I understand to be the basic idea

Isaac Ilsley's 1820 Math Notebook with Lovely Headers, Portland Maine hand-painted blocks which nearly obscures the inkIt's the pages headed with "Single Fellow"s and Double Fellowship" that really sold me on this one, a math notebook dating to 1820 kept by an Isaac Ilsley of Portland, Maine. And really I might be tempted to extract the former from the notebook to frame it to admire the mast head like "Single Fellows" so beautifully lettered, and also as it delivers a definition of fellowship that resonates far beyond its context: "Fellowship is when two or more join