Goldsmith's Natural History Abridged, 1846, Much Annotated! the greatest thrill in the world filled with people and houses

filled with people and houses and animals and ships and all sorts of other little things

which you just want to run your fingers through

14" wide x 11" tall and in very good condition

with some small dings and wear to the wood that I think add rather than detract

but from a little distance it holds together well

Goldsmith's Natural History Abridged, 1846, Much Annotated! the greatest thrill in the world filled with people and housesThis book has be through A LOT, with names of multiple users written on different pages, a few of which have come loose, and most of which remind us it is nearly 200 years old! But what a thing, its 427 pages not just filled with engravings of animals of all sorts, but also with child drawn pencil outlines of a handful of them and some hand written text, too, including the note early telling us to visit page 312, where we are told not once but twice