Pawson, Dunton & Scribner's 1875 Penmanship Practice Notebook, Completed by CJ Fisk screw opening box for using as a cachepot

for using as a cachepot for an orchid

I found this one in Kansas City

still bright and clear

who signed it on the bottom

Pawson, Dunton & Scribner's 1875 Penmanship Practice Notebook, Completed by CJ Fisk screw opening box for using as a cachepotSo many different penmanship practice notebooks to enjoy for different reasons. This one was all about mastering individual letters and the proper slant of them, hence a whole page of "oo"s (finally becoming a whole page of "noon"s) and "aa"s,"cc"s "vv"s, etc., reading like fields of abstract mark making, which I find quite beautiful. And "ruin" repeated a hundred or so times feels especially poignant. 24 p + cover : 5 3 4" x 7". Good condition, with