Charles Goodrich's Stellar 1862 Penmanship Practice Notebook green brown as opposed to the smaller

as opposed to the smaller ones one more commonly sees and which were carried around in a pocket

Like this one

an agreement with the U

What I find especially amazing is the vessel inside of which this figure snuggly fits--the bottom is carved of wood

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

Charles Goodrich's Stellar 1862 Penmanship Practice Notebook green brown as opposed to the smallerI'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