Pretty Little 19th C. Theorem on Velvet and Silver Papered Box print of Jack Kerouac but it's the page after

but it's the page after page of constellation charts and guides and star maps corresponding to different days of the year that really makes it for me

Since finding a bundle of antique seaweed pressings from the Isle of Wight a few months ago

5ʺw × 8ʺd × 5ʺh

pulled taut by sinew

I'd never seen one of these before I found this

Pretty Little 19th C. Theorem on Velvet and Silver Papered Box print of Jack Kerouac but it's the page afterI've had a few theorem painted boxes of this sort now, c. 1880s, and will keep scooping them up when I can as I think they're lovely and make for a special means of delivering a little token of love or friendship. The corners of the lower half had split on this one, which I took the liberty of mending with transparent archival tape, shoring it up for many more years of life. With pretty silver paper on the exterior, and a pink lining to the interior