Jacob A. Paul's 1838 Ghent, NY Penmanship Practice Book chicago worlds fair 1934 One might be able to

One might be able to find a matchbox to fill it with

It feels as much a sculptural object as a utilitarian one

as there is old grout around the perimeter

1960s and labeled on the bottoms

Jacob A. Paul's 1838 Ghent, NY Penmanship Practice Book chicago worlds fair 1934 One might be able toI've had a number of British earlyish 19th century penmanship practice notebooks in the shop but this is the first American one, of a Jacob A. Paul I believe, of Ghent, NY, dated 1838. And it is quite different from the British in construction with a simple un dyed pulp paper cover, hand stitched binding, and then pages of various colors inside pink, green, yellow, some quite brilliant in tone. And no fraktur type headers here just page after page