Evocative Bookplate of Florida Key Sponge in Beautiful Old Wooden Frame carved crocodile Best I think are the

Best I think are the small diagrams of triangles

All of the etched numbers remain completely readable

brown Derby was made by the Maier Brewing Co

but it's the bird drawing on the inside of the front cover that sold me

giving a little variety to the rattling

Evocative Bookplate of Florida Key Sponge in Beautiful Old Wooden Frame carved crocodile Best I think are theI'm not sure from whence it came or how it came to be someone very carefully cut out and mounted the information about the bookplate on the back of the frame but it has a bit of the feel of having been hung in an old library or museum or science department. I love the idea of hanging an image of a giant sponge right over one's desk or reading chair, and also love how it looks a bit like a brain, and also a portrait, with these little points at the top