1829-30 Penmanship Practice Notebook, in German, Presumed American antique floral watercolor black and gold and rust

black and gold and rust that gives it great character and makes it feel rather ancient

Pretty fun to see that students received grades in hygiene

and I might arrange them with some sort of force for good (Godzilla

I love children's drawing in general

1829-30 Penmanship Practice Notebook, in German, Presumed American antique floral watercolor black and gold and rustI 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