Worn and mainly illegible inscriptions on the back cover, some in French, and a gap at the back of the volume where pages have been removed, indicate a (probably) earlier use of the volume. Comprises: (fol. 1v) brief diary entries, 18 Oct.-17 Dec. 1817 (fols. 2-12, 130-121 rev.) notes and mathematical workings relating mainly to roots and quadratic equations, with (fol. 124v rev.)…