Scarce Manual of Gymnastic Exercises for School and Family, 1863, with Excellent Illustrations! drawing on ruled paper Wonderfully primitive in the manner

Wonderfully primitive in the manner of the carving

Wilson certainly succeeded in his mission--this donkey is an incredible walker

Japanese Shunga (erotic) print--I am pretty certain a woodblock

a lady bug for good luck

which just pops (though the polka dotted ends of her obi are pretty great too

Scarce Manual of Gymnastic Exercises for School and Family, 1863, with Excellent Illustrations! drawing on ruled paper Wonderfully primitive in the mannerSo fun to find this one the other day, gymnastic exercises a la 1863! It's a scarce one, and made all the better by careful crayon coloring in yellow and green on a number of the excellent illustrations. I especially like seeing a section toward the end where movements of the body were linked to spelling out words, and others specifying the tempo of music, or even specific songs, to which exercise sequences of should be set. Just waiting to be