1783 British Notebook, Partial, with Ships, Fish, Geometry, etc. horsehair It doesn't get much more

It doesn't get much more up my alley than this little drawing--those faces

I found another of these Grenfell Mission letter openers a few years ago and have kept a keen out out for another ever since--because they are rare

Photos document the entire contents laid out across two photos

slightly wonky face appear to be stained or painted very dark brown or black while the rest is a warm

and lots of foxing and staining to the backing

1783 British Notebook, Partial, with Ships, Fish, Geometry, etc. horsehair It doesn't get much moreJust a handful of pages here, but a few wonderful drawings among them, as well as some text, including a passage (with lovely watercolor diagram) titled "Of Twilight and the Uses of the Air with regard to Light," a couple of pages relating to constellations, and a few pages of calculations with some pretty geometric doodlings. One full page ink drawing shows British naval ships bombarding the island of Goree (on the West Coast of Africa, a strategic