Manuscript Notebook, an eighteenth-century English student's notebook containing lecture notes on various subjects, including Latin and theology, comprising approximately 70 leaves in manuscript, bound with vellum boards, 20cm x 16cm, with a manuscript account book, comprising 16 leaves in manuscript.
Sold for £170
Manuscript Notebook, an eighteenth-century English student's notebook containing lecture notes on various subjects, including Latin and theology, comprising approximately 70 leaves in manuscript, bound with vellum boards, 20cm x 16cm, with a manuscript account book, comprising 16 leaves in manuscript.
The notebook is in poor condition, with the vellum boards bearing extensive rubbing, abrasion and damage, with a large section of the vellum torn away to the reverse cover. Guttering very work. The pages are extensively foxed. The account book is in better condition, but lacks its cover.
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