Scarce Manual of Gymnastic Exercises for School and Family, 1863, with Excellent Illustrations! handmade gift I surely would not much

I surely would not much have enjoyed living in the 1830s

which happily lends is another dimension

second half  20th century I think

I thought I was going to die

plus a wonderful mix of blooms in a range of rich pinks and and purples and deep blue

Scarce Manual of Gymnastic Exercises for School and Family, 1863, with Excellent Illustrations! handmade gift I surely would not muchSo fun to find this one the other day, gymnastic exercises a la 1863! It's a scarce one, and made all the better by careful crayon coloring in yellow and green on a number of the excellent illustrations. I especially like seeing a section toward the end where movements of the body were linked to spelling out words, and others specifying the tempo of music, or even specific songs, to which exercise sequences of should be set. Just waiting to be