Early 19th Century Large School (Mostly) Math Notebook sacred bull but with pencil-drawn details

but with pencil-drawn details

as I think they're just fantastic graphically

Most are about 3 1/4" tall x 1 3/8" wide

How could I resist this

as I have found a few other pieces--cabinets mostly--with very very similar marquetry patterning

Early 19th Century Large School (Mostly) Math Notebook sacred bull but with pencil-drawn detailsThe is by far the largest 19th century notebook I've found, almost 15 inches tall, with a heavy, handmade paper cover that makes it feel rather as if it might contain the secrets to the universe! Not so, really but it is chock full of math related information and calculations, from simple multiplication to division of decimals to the rule of three, and lots of word problems relating to miles and forms of measure and commodities of the day, which looks