1838 Blank Ledger with Hand-Marbled Cover and Leather Spine yun-de lacquer box bands of intricately carved pattern

bands of intricately carved pattern

surrounding by old medical equipment and preserved specimens

to the upper right corner were it meets the bar

and also calls sewer tile sculpture to mind

1838 Blank Ledger with Hand-Marbled Cover and Leather Spine yun-de lacquer box bands of intricately carved patternI love the idea of writing in a notebook that was started almost 200 years ago with a header dated 1838 but never filled. waiting all this time for someone to launch in with something to say! It looks as though a few pages were torn out at the back but is near complete and completely empty, with gorgeous hand marbled covers and leather spine and corners. A perfect gift to oneself, I'd say, perhaps to be started on December 15, as its previous owner