Rare 1883 American News Co. How to Draw and Paint, with Wonderful Plates--and Interventions! retro with pretty minor scrapes and

with pretty minor scrapes and dings and paint loss

which has both a great weight and hand feel to it

There is a little crazing to the shiny areas of glaze and one small black ink mark which I have not tried to remove but it might scrub away

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and quite a fun one to carry on an ongoing conversation with

Rare 1883 American News Co. How to Draw and Paint, with Wonderful Plates--and Interventions! retro with pretty minor scrapes and"How to Draw and Paint," published in 1883 by the American News Company, NY, seems a rare one to find; I've found just one copy out there, listed at about $200. This copy though is its own thing, with a Helen Henkel having put her own stamp on it through watercoloring a dozen or so of its many plates. (I especially like her making the sheep solid black.) The first half of the book (65 pages) is text (with the occasional diagram) walking the reader