British 1823 School Botany Notebook with Drawings Throughout F.O.M head measures 1 5/8" wide

head measures 1 5/8" wide x 2" deep x 1 3/4" tall

what a super piece to display (and provide reading material) in the guest bathroom

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

There would have once been a small cork to plug the opening of the bottle itself

running to the bottom edge

British 1823 School Botany Notebook with Drawings Throughout F.O.M head measures 1 5/8" wideI 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