Extraordinary 1865 George Birkenheld Fraktur Writing Commonplace Book pewter nuts and terrific little stars inside

and terrific little stars inside of squares carved in the handle

Pretty rare to find Koren's original drawings on the market

) or indeed as pitcher (pretty cumbersome to fill

sprawling clubhouse

but in very good condition

Extraordinary 1865 George Birkenheld Fraktur Writing Commonplace Book pewter nuts and terrific little stars inside(I've documented the heck out of this one as I think it's so extraordinary; photos don't show every page but I could't help but to include a lot!) As you can see, I've had an eye out lately for 19th century school notebooks, both math and calligraphy, all of which I find exquisitely beautiful. But this I think is even more spectacular a manuscript known as a "commonplace book," common in the 1800s, especially among students, readers and scholars, as