Samuel Gifford 1828 British Math School Notebook (1) with Fraktur Writing copper store list mounts The perfect gift (and perhaps

The perfect gift (and perhaps good luck

but based on the face

it is composed of matchsticks: burned at their tips

1 1/4" deep and in great vintage condition

1 1/2" across at ferrule

Samuel Gifford 1828 British Math School Notebook (1) with Fraktur Writing copper store list mounts The perfect gift (and perhapsI have long been eyeing antique school notebooks, both relating to the study of math and writing calligraphy, and finally found a lovely set of five of them from a seller in England, which I am listing individually. This is one of two hard backed math notebooks with marbleized paper covers and printed endpapers with "A Collection of Arithmetical Tables for the Use of Schools" of a Samuel Gifford studying at Mr. Heale's Academy in Sherborne, dating to