Vivian Lincoln's Grade School Botany Notebook peony so full of life

so full of life

with nice old nails at each point where the black painted pieces meet

Of course the outlines give it away--instant recognizability that speaks to it as being a much a symbol/icon as map

just about the ultimate simple

I love how the body

Vivian Lincoln's Grade School Botany Notebook peony so full of lifeVivian Lincoln's Montague Grade School Botany notebook, from the 1930s or so I would guess. I bought it for the page of leaf drawings with labels alone, shown in first photos, which to my eye is just right but there are delights sprinkled throughout, and the watercolored sweet pea on the cover is pretty great too (as is a page with a pair of pansies, one of them watercolored blue and pale yellow, too.) 8 1 4" x 7 1 8". 12 pages total plus cover. 15