Antique French manuscript commonplace journal housed in an ornate embossed leather notebook measuring approximately 4.5 x 6 inches.
The first approximately 30 pages contain neatly handwritten entries in French including philosophical reflections, quotations, travel writings, and personal observations. Several entries reference the mid-1930s through the mid-1940s, including dates such as 1935, 1938, 1939, 1942, and 1945.
The remainder of the notebook is largely blank but contains an assortment of original period keepsakes tucked between pages, including:
• Original photographs
• Steamship postcard
• Greeting cards
• Hand-drawn portrait
• Newspaper clipping
• Pressed botanical specimens
• Pressed evergreen sprig
• Pressed flowers
• Notes and handwritten inserts
• Perfumed paper packet
• Additional loose ephemera
The embossed leather binding shows expected age and wear including rubbing, edge wear, and some separation at the spine. Pages remain present with age toning. Sold exactly as photographed with all loose contents included.
An exceptional one-of-a-kind manuscript journal offering wonderful research potential and an outstanding addition to collections of antique diaries, manuscript material, travel journals, French ephemera, or historical paper collectibles.
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