Pretty Little 19th C. Theorem on Velvet and Silver Papered Box print of Jack Kerouac 5ʺw × 8ʺd × 5ʺh

5ʺw × 8ʺd × 5ʺh

but it's the page after page of constellation charts and guides and star maps corresponding to different days of the year that really makes it for me

pulled taut by sinew

which I especially love for the hand stitching (first brown then black) holding it together from the backside--which I'd treat as the front

Those ears

Pretty Little 19th C. Theorem on Velvet and Silver Papered Box print of Jack Kerouac 5ʺw × 8ʺd × 5ʺhI've had a few theorem painted boxes of this sort now, c. 1880s, and will keep scooping them up when I can as I think they're lovely and make for a special means of delivering a little token of love or friendship. The corners of the lower half had split on this one, which I took the liberty of mending with transparent archival tape, shoring it up for many more years of life. With pretty silver paper on the exterior, and a pink lining to the interior