1783 British Notebook, Partial, with Ships, Fish, Geometry, etc. vintage handmade I believe original to the

I believe original to the piece

so I am always my own first customer

and perhaps the bird on reverse

(and I think closer to 1800 than 1850)

1st half 19th c

1783 British Notebook, Partial, with Ships, Fish, Geometry, etc. vintage handmade I believe original to theJust a handful of pages here, but a few wonderful drawings among them, as well as some text, including a passage (with lovely watercolor diagram) titled "Of Twilight and the Uses of the Air with regard to Light," a couple of pages relating to constellations, and a few pages of calculations with some pretty geometric doodlings. One full page ink drawing shows British naval ships bombarding the island of Goree (on the West Coast of Africa, a strategic