Extracts Vol.4, Densely Packed, Far-ranging Medical Research Notebook (Ship Medic?) with Excellent Red Leather, Anchor Embossed Cover little dishes it is early examples like

it is early examples like this that I keep an eye out for

rectangular recessed frame and  black stencil painted 80 on one side reminds me of a cubist painting

and "Jojo the Dog-faced Boy

Someone more knowledgable than I identifies it as 19th century Scandanavian

with general wear and one break in the sinew

Extracts Vol.4, Densely Packed, Far-ranging Medical Research Notebook (Ship Medic?) with Excellent Red Leather, Anchor Embossed Cover little dishes it is early examples likeThis one sold me on the red leather with embossed golden anchor cover alone, especially with that evocative hand inked "Extracts Vol. 4" at top. Inside, its pages are very densely and completely filled with notes of a medical nature, though I must admit I have not been able to make great sense of them. They cover quite a range, for notes about the brain and nerves, heart and circulatory system, and various sorts of treatments it seems, but then also