A preprinted household journal with 3 pages of printed written instructions and 126 pages from which the unknown person who used it, wrote in very even and legible hand the exact amount of all his expenses for the year 1805 from January 1st to December 31st. What is very unusual, in fact extraordinary about this book, is that unlike dozens of other household expense books, which are started with great diligence and enthusiasm at the beginning of the year, taper off later on and are usually abandoned at 6 to 8 months at the very most, this one is completed and balanced. Sociologists, historians and economists could benefit very well from the data in this book, while for the culinary interest it shows the exact amount of money spent on food, detailed by meals throughout the year. It is a very handsome book, printed by one of the best known printers in the city of Gotha, well known for the almanac of Gotha, the social register of European Royalty and nobility several hundred years. This book, in contemporary cardboard with marbled paper, is in pristine condition.