E.Decker's 1846 (Rare) Ready Reckoner with Beautiful Leather Cover and Drawing wool on linen but it's not surprising that

but it's not surprising that over the past nearly 200 years some have been lost

or whatever her name was

Though it's a bit difficult to discern some of the handwriting (

which together amount to what feels more like a festive riot than a careful arrangement--just right

The very end of the perfume stopper is broken off

E.Decker's 1846 (Rare) Ready Reckoner with Beautiful Leather Cover and Drawing wool on linen but it's not surprising thatI've become so enamored of very old books as objects and for the stories they tell about the people who owned them and how they were used, such that one just feels the presence of that life on every page and this one is a case in point. The book, which its owner gave a custom leather cover with lovely hand written title on paper pasted to the front is Scriber's Ready Reckoner, published (in 1846) for ship builders, boat builders, and lumber merchants,