British 1823 School Botany Notebook with Drawings Throughout F.O.M giving the sense of a

giving the sense of a whole flock aflight

Altogether pretty endearing I think

The glaze is a pretty blue with just a hint of green in it

3/4" thick

I would stick one perfect rose or lily in it and call it a day

British 1823 School Botany Notebook with Drawings Throughout F.O.M giving the sense of aI recently purchased a bundle of antique school notebooks from a bookseller in England, whose late husband had collected them, and I must say that it felt rather like Christmas receiving and going through them for the first time! This Botany notebook from 1823 is the humblest looking from the outside with just a simple brown paper cover, but inside a complete delight and I think my favorite of the lot, with lovely handwritten text interspersed