Charles Goodrich's Stellar 1862 Penmanship Practice Notebook green brown and while the rose colored

and while the rose colored fabric pages of this one are not entirely filled

Excellent structural condition with a really nice patina

I find it a fantastically beautiful thing

Like this one

with a bit of a sway in one direction to the bristles

Charles Goodrich's Stellar 1862 Penmanship Practice Notebook green brown and while the rose coloredI've bought and sold a lot of penmanship notebooks, but I don't think I've ever found one written (by a Charles Goodrich in 1862) in such a strong and confident hand as this one. I love these not just for the beauty of the penmanship itself, but for the poetry and potency of the words transcribed, and the extra weight imparted to them through repetition. Among my favorites here: transmutation, omnipresence, immeasurable, uncommunicated, and