Greenleaf's New Primary Arithmetic, 1880, with Best Counting Graphics vintage teaching resources All diamonds are here

All diamonds are here

I completely love the formal treatment of the cell

and I am pretty certain the JK (or KJ) who signed it was also the author of two other ink and watercolor drawings I've just listed with a very similar line

which operates smoothly to open and close the grate

Greenleaf's New Primary Arithmetic, 1880, with Best Counting Graphics vintage teaching resources All diamonds are hereSo many antique school books to love. In the case of this 1880 copy of Greenleaf's New Primary Arithmetic, it is all about the graphics for me. How much more fun to learn to count when one is counting crossed umbrellas and raised hands and flying butterflies and buzzing bees. And that page of pears lined up neatly in incremental rows completely does it for me. Charming all the way through, photos give a representative sense. 6 3 4" x 4 3 4", 104