Memoir of Charles Henry Porter by E. Goodrich Smith, 1849, with Wooly Mammoth Endpaper Drawing figure with moveable arms A complete joy to find

A complete joy to find this tiny handmade book held together by three staples

making it perfect for sitting like a sculpture on a shelf

it measures 6" tall to top of tail and is 2

as far as I've been able to determine in researching

Better in person

Memoir of Charles Henry Porter by E. Goodrich Smith, 1849, with Wooly Mammoth Endpaper Drawing figure with moveable arms A complete joy to findI am forever opening old books in hopes of finding drawings on the end papers so a happy surprise to find this one, which I take for a drawing of a wooly mammoth. Perhaps it was a bit later that the graphite drawing was enhanced with ink, I'm not sure but I really love the inked arrow at lower right, pointing out the snake wrapped around the tree! Perhaps that snake is signaling things to come, but in the meantime our mammoth seems a very serene