Shades of Al Jaffee and MAD Magazine . . . A printed and folded novelty celebrating Louis XVIII, King of France, 1814-1824. (Published by J.B. Verzy, circa 1814). The piece unfolds to spell out the virtues of the man who ruled during the Bourbon Restoration.

October 25, 2011

Beinecke Library, General Modern Collection, 1810s, 1820s, desire, fold, folded, france, king, louis, paper, printed, roi, xviii

Math problems

A schoolteacher's manuscript exercise book containing a variety of simple and complex mathematical problems, 1806, Pennsylvania. including such all-time favorite as the two travelers starting off from two points of origin traveling as such a speed . . . under the category: "Promiscuous Questions"

January 29, 2009

Beinecke Library, Shirley Collection, 1800s, 1810s, account, book, exercise, math, pennsylvania, problem, question, schoolteacher, word

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