One Beautiful Page of Early 19th Century Hand-marbled Paper (Ledger Cover) carved female nude and a few strokes of

and a few strokes of a thicker white paint--plus remnants of scotch tape in two places along the top edge

And never was piping so gay

otherwise all are well bound

Losses as evident and some chipping around the edges of the plaster but no notable

very much in the manner of renowned Alebrije creator Manual Jimenez

One Beautiful Page of Early 19th Century Hand-marbled Paper (Ledger Cover) carved female nude and a few strokes ofFound 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