British 1823 School Botany Notebook with Drawings Throughout antique Dhorka box even better in person

even better in person

The bottom of the vase shows some darkening around the rim from use and wear

and the general suggestion of ears on the sides of the head --but really a sweet one I think

or to pin proudly to your coveralls before heading out to the garden

British 1823 School Botany Notebook with Drawings Throughout antique Dhorka box even better in personI 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