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On the reverse is the printed back cover of the book it was part of

and I really like the colors on these

Damage to the exterior of the box as documented

What especially makes it for me is what I take for a double tail--one wrapped around its front

Bessie Slater's Beautiful 19th Century Ink and Watercolor Botany Chart: Flower Parts & Seeds shooting gallery terget ) set of meanings atThis is one of a series of beautiful antique ink and watercolor charts listed today, all executed long ago by a Bessie Slater (I believe, signed on the back of one of them), for a botany class, I presume. Each one homes in on a different aspect or aspects this one is all about pollination reproduction, detailing corolla, stamens, pistils, seed vessels, and seeds, with 26 examples described and carefully illustrated in watercolor. More than ever these