Greenleaf's New Primary Arithmetic, 1880, with Best Counting Graphics wooden mitten stretcher There are a total of

There are a total of six chip-carved layers (five stacked on top of the base layer) and what I believe is its original glass (which I removed to photograph it) with a sturdily attached wired back for hanging

It's the crayon colored figure in orange with bright red cheeks and black cloud of a hat and yellow long-legged duck beside him that sold me on this

to the staggered double row of brass cymbals

Signed at lower left but difficult to read

4 1/2 across at handle

Greenleaf's New Primary Arithmetic, 1880, with Best Counting Graphics wooden mitten stretcher There are a total ofSo 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