A large narrow-format ledger that recreates the daily life of a blacksmith’s workshop at the end of the 19th century. More than 360 handwritten pages contain farmers’ accounts, with numerous entries for shoeing horses and repairing plows, harrows, chains, and agricultural tools. A customer list opens the volume, where names, dates, and amounts are neatly aligned in beautiful ink handwriting on pages ruled in blue and red. A tangible record of rural life and the ironworking trades, in a heavily patinated binding.
✦ Provenance: France ✦ Period: late 19th century—visible dates from 1883 to 1889 ✦ Dimensions: approximately 39.5 x 17 x 3 cm ✦ Materials: paper, handwritten ink, and cardboard binding ✦ Contents: more than 360 handwritten pages—customer accounts, shoeing, and agricultural blacksmithing work ✦ Condition: cover heavily worn with loss of covering, damaged spine and corners; pages patinated with some stains
An old handwritten blacksmith’s ledger, a collectible document dedicated to 19th-century craftsmanship and agricultural life.
