overholt, 7 months ago

My favorite purchase at the Boston Book Fair. the 1761 notebook of a shipbuilding apprentice, Honoré de Giraud, containing detailed tables and diagrams, as well as some very charming doodles, and a double self portrait with the tools of his trade.
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Diagram with drawing of an albatross
Text and drawings relating to shipbuilding, with the diagram colored in blocks of blue and red
Self-portraits of Giraud with a rope, compass, axe, seal, pulleys, and a stylus held in his mouth