Lot of 4 Mid 19th Century Penmanship Practice Notebooks carved stamp 7 7/8" x 6 1/2"

7 7/8" x 6 1/2"

which almost makes me think she was made as a mannequin for a ballet instructor

But what a thing

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and could be put to all sorts of creative and pragmatic uses

Lot of 4 Mid 19th Century Penmanship Practice Notebooks carved stamp 7 7/8" x 6 1/2"Though it's a bit difficult to discern some of the handwriting (!), these four notebooks appear to have been the property of a couple of different members of the Heath family of Boston I can clearly read John Heath on one, and I believe Adelbert on a couple of others, and the years 1849 and 1850 appear. I love the paperback covers on these, especially the "lessons in drawings" animals and geometric shapes. Inside, they vary: >>one (the one with