Henry Fisher's 1869 Penmanship Practice with Great Word Combinations! hand-written numbers but with a round mark

but with a round mark on the bottom

Joined by nails at corners and bottom and structurally super sound

perhaps even a small bible (among the hand-written text: "the Bible is the best of books

Sold in the inexpensive frame I found it in: 21 1/2" x 16 1/8"

to how to tell the age of a horse by its teeth

Henry Fisher's 1869 Penmanship Practice with Great Word Combinations! hand-written numbers but with a round markI've rarely met a penmanship practice notebook I didn't like, but think this is an especially nice one, filled by a Henry Fisher in 1869, under to watch of his tutor W. J. Sleiffer and I believe from Pennsylvania. What I especially love about this one is the repetition of consistently good, juicy words, and especially the pairs of words side by side, usually two to a page: Valentine Vermilion; Yearning Yawning ; Machine Manikin; Teaching Treachery,