Lovely Early 19th C. Ledger Index with Hand-marbled Cover bench Easily mounted on the wall

Easily mounted on the wall

Surrounded by what seem more or less like doodles

This is a real beauty of an early boxwood rule to begin with

which feels very Florentine to my eye

and another good one for a valentine

Lovely Early 19th C. Ledger Index with Hand-marbled Cover bench Easily mounted on the wallI just love these tall and narrow 19th c. alphabetical ledger indexes, which served as guides to much larger account ledgers. And the blue hand marbled cover on this one is especially lovely. With stamped letters on the tabs in black ink, in an unusual font. Not surprisingly, the "Q" page is blank, with other pages ranging from nearly empty to nearly full. 11 15 16" x 3 3 4". One page per letter. Good condition, with binding holding and all pages