"Birthday Souveigner" 1891, Charming Little Homemade Booklet of Drawings and Verses mini playing cards 3rd quarter 19th c

3rd quarter 19th c

monkey eye

with flagged corners and fold lines here and there and general wear

but I liked it too much to pass it by

"Birthday Souveigner" 1891, Charming Little Homemade Booklet of Drawings and Verses mini playing cards 3rd quarter 19th cJust the sort of find that makes my day, a little homemade drawing booklet dated Aug. 27, 1891, and titled "Birthday Souveigner" in watercolor on the cover, though our birthday girl did not sign her name. Two kittens in their hat, another in a shoe, and a little dog named Jack sitting behind Maggie looking like a very loyal companion. Plus a basket of fruit, a seated woman in hat ("Fashionable Press," a bit like Anna Wintour sitting in the front row),