1857 Penmanship Practice Notebook with Unusual Sentences and Poignant Misspellings antique qajar box 4 1/8" l x 5/8"

4 1/8" l x 5/8" w x 3/4" t and in very good vintage condition

with black painted shoes that just peek out below the belly of the mule (I assume) on the reverse side

I found these two bottes in New Hampshire

Included are two substitutions (made long ago as is clear from the manner of the graphite lettering) to make the set complete--and to my sensibilities very much the better

Hand-painted porcelain I believe

1857 Penmanship Practice Notebook with Unusual Sentences and Poignant Misspellings antique qajar box 4 1/8" l x 5/8"Two antique penmanship notebooks today, because my love and quest for these never ends, each one interesting in its own way. I do believe this one, completed by a Thomas Fuller in 1857, is the first I've found with a series of misspellings though most poignantly in the repetition of "To learn to write is important, espesially [sic] well." It also includes some unusual sentences as far as my experience with these, such as "The globe on which we live is