A pirate book

£350.00

Dimensions

Full leather binding using Scottish-tanned goatskin.
x leaves/y pages of J Whatman paper, dated 1816.
Pirate endpapers by John & Jane Jeffery.
23.5k gold tooling.
Navy blue velvet bag with crimson satin lining and drawstring.

The pages of this book were rescued from a beyond-repair scrapbook. It was made as a ledger in the early 19th century and used later as a scrapbook. The paper has been carefully cleaned but still retains plenty of character and remnants of its past uses.

Dimensions

Full leather binding using Scottish-tanned goatskin.
x leaves/y pages of J Whatman paper, dated 1816.
Pirate endpapers by John & Jane Jeffery.
23.5k gold tooling.
Navy blue velvet bag with crimson satin lining and drawstring.

The pages of this book were rescued from a beyond-repair scrapbook. It was made as a ledger in the early 19th century and used later as a scrapbook. The paper has been carefully cleaned but still retains plenty of character and remnants of its past uses.