Charming Demonstrations and Lamentations: Earlyish Century Penmanship Practice Notebook labeled Established in 1833

Established in 1833

86 inches long x 2" wide

with a few tiny scuff marks/discolorations

with a patina beginning to develop on the dry wood surface

But even if one reads her eyes as closed

Charming Demonstrations and Lamentations: Earlyish Century Penmanship Practice Notebook labeled Established in 1833Another 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