Four sinuous snakes coil and twist across a cream ground in jewel tones of teal, forest green, and burnt gold, rendered with the precise naturalism of classical natural history illustration. Small lizards and aquatic creatures occupy the lower composition alongside delicate botanical sprigs, evoking the meticulous cabinet of curiosities aesthetic of 18th-century scientific study. Bound with 52 pages of 70lb paper, lined or unlined, behind an anti-scuff matte cover with wraparound artwork, made to order. Notes and sketches kept behind an independent artist's work, not a plain composition cover.