19th Century Book Page with Drawings and Handwritten Text fox in landscape The lid fits on snugly

The lid fits on snugly

sharp and folky at once

good antique condition

and the like

and a bit of wire exposed on one ear

19th Century Book Page with Drawings and Handwritten Text fox in landscape The lid fits on snuglyHard to decide which side of this I like better, so the first photo here shows both sides. I believe this was likely a front matter page of a much studied book, perhaps even a small bible (among the hand written text: "the Bible is the best of books," and then underneath that: "no it ain't"!!) Also written are a series of names, making one assume the book was passed along from one person sibling to another: Sophia, Miriam, and Prudence Gallup, and