Knowles & Maxim 1881 "Real Pen Work" Spencerian Penmanship Instruction Book penobscot basket packing in all sorts of

packing in all sorts of feelings of comfort and longing

I really love the paint job on this one--a nice warm brown with terrific orange details outlining the drawers and punctuating the center of the handles

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Knowles & Maxim 1881 "Real Pen Work" Spencerian Penmanship Instruction Book penobscot basket packing in all sorts ofNow just might be the time to learn Spencerian penmanship, and this would be the ultimate guide to doing so! I've come across a few different soft covered pen work instruction guides, but this seems to be the mother of them all, including examples of elaborate Spencerian drawings of lions and eagles and Diana riding a stag which clearly spurred larger versions of the same. Plus fantastic alphabets, designs for autograph albums, instructions for making