Charming Demonstrations and Lamentations: Earlyish Century Penmanship Practice Notebook labeled which looks rather as if

which looks rather as if wrapped in a clear band-aid

Established in 1833

11 1/4" t x 10 “ l x 3 1/2” w each

giant bloom in shades of pink and peach at right

17 15/16” x 18 1/16”

Charming Demonstrations and Lamentations: Earlyish Century Penmanship Practice Notebook labeled which looks rather as ifAnother old penmanship notebook, because I can't pass them by, and find them all interesting in different ways. This early one, with thick handmade paper cover, is all about the repetition of single words over and over again the outcome of which I find quite satisfying, formally and conceptually, especially when the word is, say "runninghand"! (Runninghand is a style of penmanship emerging in the late 1700s. in which letters are slanted and the words