19th Century Book Page with Drawings and Handwritten Text fox in landscape leaning against one another with

leaning against one another with a space between them

and a bit of wire exposed on one ear

and Vassar College Museum

and the like

The lid fits on snugly

19th Century Book Page with Drawings and Handwritten Text fox in landscape leaning against one another withHard to decide which side of this I like better, so the first photo here shows both sides. I believe this was likely a front matter page of a much studied book, perhaps even a small bible (among the hand written text: "the Bible is the best of books," and then underneath that: "no it ain't"!!) Also written are a series of names, making one assume the book was passed along from one person sibling to another: Sophia, Miriam, and Prudence Gallup, and