Extracts Vol.4, Densely Packed, Far-ranging Medical Research Notebook (Ship Medic?) with Excellent Red Leather, Anchor Embossed Cover little dishes declaring it as a piece

declaring it as a piece of "German folk art made by Craig's great grandmother's father"

with general wear and one break in the sinew

Pretty rare to find (rather amazing for the glass to have endured some 200 years

it is early examples like this that I keep an eye out for

Extracts Vol.4, Densely Packed, Far-ranging Medical Research Notebook (Ship Medic?) with Excellent Red Leather, Anchor Embossed Cover little dishes declaring it as a pieceThis one sold me on the red leather with embossed golden anchor cover alone, especially with that evocative hand inked "Extracts Vol. 4" at top. Inside, its pages are very densely and completely filled with notes of a medical nature, though I must admit I have not been able to make great sense of them. They cover quite a range, for notes about the brain and nerves, heart and circulatory system, and various sorts of treatments it seems, but then also