One Beautiful Page of Early 19th Century Hand-marbled Paper (Ledger Cover) carved female nude There was pretty much no

There was pretty much no way I could leave this behind once I had seen it

9 1/4" x 7 1/4"

very much in the manner of renowned Alebrije creator Manual Jimenez

This old folk painting of a basket of peaches has a few obvious tears in the canvas

And never was piping so gay

One Beautiful Page of Early 19th Century Hand-marbled Paper (Ledger Cover) carved female nude There was pretty much noFound digging through a bin of papers at a shop in Nashville, and too lovely and scarce not to grab. Despite the more recent handwritten note on the reverse, I believe this was not an end paper but rather the front or back cover of an early mid 19th century ledger, probably from a mensuration notebook filled with beautiful headers and calculations! Hand marbled, rich color, heavyweight paper, gorgeous. 8 3 4 x 10 1 2. Wear and a bit of loss around the