Extraordinary 1865 George Birkenheld Fraktur Writing Commonplace Book colonial treen salt shaker with inverse numbers in the

with inverse numbers in the opposite far corners

date to the 1880s or so

and I think  just wonderful

since it was made with a loop at top for hanging

Extraordinary 1865 George Birkenheld Fraktur Writing Commonplace Book colonial treen salt shaker with inverse numbers in the(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