Cornelius Pierson 1842 British Calligraphy Practice Notebook with Hand-marbled Cover water bird and as this drawing was

and as this drawing was found in Pennsylvania

there may be one very small chip (see last photo) but it would not be noticeable with a plant inside

I really love the inspirational phrases most of them bear: "You Can if You Will" on the 15

but few as great condition as this one

Those striped and checkerboard patterns-- created by way of the natural dyes--are pretty great too

Cornelius Pierson 1842 British Calligraphy Practice Notebook with Hand-marbled Cover water bird and as this drawing wasSuch 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";