Sketchbook with Original Watercolor and Pencil Artwork by Thomas C. Babb

[United Kingdom?], 1840. Good to very good. Some toning, dust soiling, wear to extremities.. A charming pocket-sized sketchbook belonging to Thomas C. Babb, with original artwork. There are three pages with artwork, including: a pastoral view of a mill with horse and carriage and man fishing in the foreground; a dancing bear and laughing pet monkey; a dog barking at a rearing big horned sheep, and a peaceful miniature scene of a horse grazing in front of dilapidated ruins. Rendered in pencil, ink, and watercolor. Single vol. (6.5" by 3.75"), 14 unnumbered blank pages, three with original artwork, some pages sometime excised including a leaf with ink ms., sewn in original handmade marbled paper wrappers, spine reinforced with a metal pin. Ink signature of Babb to inside of upper cover. Note that, regretfully, the final leaf seems to have been at one point torn away; the remaining stub reads, "A Catalogue of T.C. Babb's books". The first one appears to have been some kind of lesson book.