Hold to Light! Very Finely Pinpricked Leaf with Face on Yellow Paper, Earlier 19th Century original framed art A bit hard to photograph

A bit hard to photograph well but these give a sense

To my eye a beautifully primitive

it appears the last three pages were lost

exterior spine in good condition

but there are plenty left to do the job of sweeping off the work table

Hold to Light! Very Finely Pinpricked Leaf with Face on Yellow Paper, Earlier 19th Century original framed art A bit hard to photographI love this for feeling like a magical little secret, and that the paper should be sun yellow is just right. Its survival feels pretty miraculous too easy to miss that this is anything more than a plain slip of paper. My efforts to photograph the very finely pinpricked design fell a bit short, but details give a sense. It looks to me that there is a figure nestled into the face of this leaf, with face in 3 4 profile, perhaps an acorn hat on his head!