Sweet Old Velvet Covered (Mostly Blank) Autograph Notebook with Owl oval shaped mirror During the late nineteenth century

During the late nineteenth century

but certainly useful for marking many sorts of things

with watch and handkerchief in pocket

All having acquired a gorgeous warm dry wood patina that

Sweet Old Velvet Covered (Mostly Blank) Autograph Notebook with Owl oval shaped mirror During the late nineteenth centuryThis one is really all about the cover, and this owl, specifically; inside are mostly blank pages excepting a handful used for collecting autographs, and a section of them are loose. Certainly it could still be used as a notebook, or as a folio of sorts to stick clippings or notes inside, or someone handy might use keep the cover and fill it with new pages. I just couldn't let this owl go, and love the wear to the honey brown velvet too. 8 1 8" x 6 3