Extensive handwritten commercial ledger from the early Napoleonic era, used to record purchases, sales, commissions, and transportation costs for a trading house. Elegant, consistent handwriting, structured numerical columns, totals, and precise mentions of goods, with a calligraphed title page dated Year XIII.
✦ Provenance : France ✦ Period : Year XIII, circa 1804–1805 ✦ Dimensions : 40.5 × 26 cm ✦ Material : Period board binding, laid paper, brown ink ✦ Content : 60 handwritten pages ✦ State : Expected wear and surface marks to the cover, rubbed corners, interiors well preserved with scattered foxing, structurally sound
An ideal archival piece for collectors, decorators, or researchers documenting early 19th-century commercial practices.
