Lot of 4 Mid 19th Century Penmanship Practice Notebooks painting stand and some stains as pictured

and some stains as pictured

with a great shape and terrific feel in the hand

I've long been admiring sets of stone blocks like this for years

who was responsible for writing many of the poems in it

Lot of 4 Mid 19th Century Penmanship Practice Notebooks painting stand and some stains as picturedThough it's a bit difficult to discern some of the handwriting (!), these four notebooks appear to have been the property of a couple of different members of the Heath family of Boston I can clearly read John Heath on one, and I believe Adelbert on a couple of others, and the years 1849 and 1850 appear. I love the paperback covers on these, especially the "lessons in drawings" animals and geometric shapes. Inside, they vary: >>one (the one with