Gorgeous 1827 Large Math Notebook with Fraktur Style Headers, Watercolor Diagrams, Poems, More Julie Dermansky art I've got a soft spot

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Gorgeous 1827 Large Math Notebook with Fraktur Style Headers, Watercolor Diagrams, Poems, More Julie Dermansky art I've got a soft spotI've handled a fair number of antique math and penmanship notebooks by this point, and so have become increasingly selective about the ones that excite me and this is one of those. It was kept by a Ralph Churton, of England, and dated 1827 on the inside of the front, hand marbled cover. Inside, lots of math and lots of beautifully handwritten rules, word problems and more, introduced with lovely ink and watercolor Fraktur style or otherwise flourishy