Much Used Canadian Seamanship Examiner and Instructor, 1873, with Many Hand-written Notes and Great Plates early snuff box and the very pale blue

and the very pale blue ground

4 1/2” d x 3”  t and in very good antique condition

This top section can be pushed and pulled a bit

The forms of the flowers and vines and basket are certainly akin to fraktur watercolors

Much Used Canadian Seamanship Examiner and Instructor, 1873, with Many Hand-written Notes and Great Plates early snuff box and the very pale blueYou know I love a book that has lived a life, and this is very much one of those I think its original seafaring owner likely slept with it under his pillow! The book is Seamanship Examiner and Instructor of Masters and Mates for the Marine Board Examination in Canada by John St. Vincent McNally, published in 1873. Photos give a good sense: the endpapers are entirely consumed with notes and calculations (including related to the positions of stars),