Cornelius Pierson 1842 British Calligraphy Practice Notebook with Hand-marbled Cover old toy phone The bottom is pretty terrific

The bottom is pretty terrific too

I've since learned this is called a Herkules rug beater

A set of three ibis's identical to this (including one this size

so sharp in their buffalo plaid shirts and red caps

achieved here with crayon

Cornelius Pierson 1842 British Calligraphy Practice Notebook with Hand-marbled Cover old toy phone The bottom is pretty terrificSuch a beautiful thing, from the hand marbled paper cover, to the way Cornelius has written his name and numbers 1 4 on the inside flap, to every completely filled page of writing in it. I've looked at a fair number of these antique hand writing practice notebooks at this point and think the content in this one is especially excellent, with a super choice of words and phrases repeated over and over: "bankrupt in debt beyond the power of payment";