Pocket-book
Mediumleather
ClassificationsPersonal Ornament
Terms
Object numberC02828
DescriptionPocket book of soft light brown leather with a tie. Pressed and dried plant specimens slid between every 2nd folio of the bound pages which form a 1762 diary with accounts pages (unused). Small labels with samples - botanical names written in Henry Cuming handwriting.Inside the end paper are additional cloth, plant and a few animal specimens (feathers and a piece of reptile skin, possibly snake skin), with paper labels and small documents.
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1790
1800-1900
1993 - 1994
1833
1400 BC
1300-1500
2000-500 BC
1800-1902