Lot of 4 Mid 19th Century Penmanship Practice Notebooks carved stamp but I find her an

but I find her an incredibly tender thing

Edward Higgins

What a gang the three of them are together

7 7/8" x 6 1/2"

Lot of 4 Mid 19th Century Penmanship Practice Notebooks carved stamp but I find her anThough 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