The Perfectly Good Cynics Calendar 1908 Edition goggles case darker wood

darker wood

12" long x 3" wide x 1/4" deep

which allowed for clicking through multiple images on rotating cardboard disks

inky glazing

The Perfectly Good Cynics Calendar 1908 Edition goggles case darker woodThe beautiful production of this 1908 edition of "The Perfectly Good Cynics Calendar with Astronomical Attachment" belies its contents, which are utterly fun and often quite ridiculous! Woven together are distorted proverbs, sardonic quotes, guides to the heavens (complete with hilarious star maps) and faux astrological advisements for each month of the year (i. e. "June 27 Avoid Bridesmaids; December 23 Avoid Expense" etc.), with other little amusing