James Gifford 1803-4 British School Math Notebook, Green and Cream Marbled Cover american folk art doll 3 1/8" diameter x 2”

3 1/8" diameter x 2” tall

and find it a very tender and beautiful thing

as is almost always the case with these--attesting to their much played with history

a few very small light scratches to the surface of the glaze

and the box sits on round brass or bronze feet

James Gifford 1803-4 British School Math Notebook, Green and Cream Marbled Cover american folk art doll 3 1/8" diameter x 2”This is one of new batch of several antique math and geometry notebooks just in from a bookseller in England whose late husband collected them, and happily so. This is one of two by James Gifford, 1804. It includes lots of word problems requiring multiplication and long division, with specific sections dedicated to Liquid Measure, Cloth Measure, Time, Long Measure, The Rule of Three (and the Double Rule of Three, and the Inverse Rule of Three!), and a