E.Decker's 1846 (Rare) Ready Reckoner with Beautiful Leather Cover and Drawing wool on linen but it's not surprising that

but it's not surprising that over the past nearly 200 years some have been lost

housed in their original box

with assorted scuffs

or whatever her name was

E.Decker's 1846 (Rare) Ready Reckoner with Beautiful Leather Cover and Drawing wool on linen but it's not surprising thatI've become so enamored of very old books as objects and for the stories they tell about the people who owned them and how they were used, such that one just feels the presence of that life on every page and this one is a case in point. The book, which its owner gave a custom leather cover with lovely hand written title on paper pasted to the front is Scriber's Ready Reckoner, published (in 1846) for ship builders, boat builders, and lumber merchants,