Scarce and Excellent Looking Antique STAR Printer's Make-Up Rule antique physiography notebook 1 1/4” t x 2

1 1/4” t x 2 9/16” d and in beautiful antique condition

no chips or cracks or other notable flaws

Total joy finding this painting in a random spot in MA this week—with this tiny couple in the distance

plus one unglazed band on the lid that is just the right thing

And quite poetically

Scarce and Excellent Looking Antique STAR Printer's Make-Up Rule antique physiography notebook 1 1/4” t x 2I spotted this in a case at an antiques shop in central MA and jumped on it just for the sight of it, but have since come to learn it is a rather iconic little tool in the type laying world: a Star printer's make up rule (or composing rule) used in letterpress printing for measuring and justifying lines of type. Not in the least my expertise, but in the realm of printing history these seem to hold a special place; I read one wonderful story of a print