1829-30 Penmanship Practice Notebook, in German, Presumed American low country marsh as if an instant passed

as if an instant passed between each shot

of an almost Giacometti-like surfer on long board riding a wave

presumed antique condition

16 pages filled front and back plus covers

1829-30 Penmanship Practice Notebook, in German, Presumed American low country marsh as if an instant passedI purchased this one especially for the layers of text and doodles on the inside covers and first and last pages, including a little Fraktur writing yum yum but love it front to back, including for the fact that I can't read German so the lines of penmanship practice repeated over and over become more or less just beautiful fields of line. Pretty cool too, that though in German I am confident is it American: it's author was a Johannes Knetz, but on