Caleb Cope's Most Wonderful Earlyish 19th Century Notebook with Many Watercolors and Schoolwork japanese embroidery Initialed (incised) on the underside

Initialed (incised) on the underside

with a wonderful form and fantastic patina from age and use

Photos document condition thoroughly

especially early ones

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Caleb Cope's Most Wonderful Earlyish 19th Century Notebook with Many Watercolors and Schoolwork japanese embroidery Initialed (incised) on the undersideThis notebook took me all of two seconds to snatch up based on seeing the first page alone it wasn't cheap, but ones like this don't come around very often, and there's nothing I love more. It appears to be the work of a young Caleb Cope, and features a series of pages filled with marvelous little watercolors drawings of birds and deer and leopards and houses and flowers and fruits and flourishes, all in the most glorious bright and bold color. In