Knowles & Maxim 1881 "Real Pen Work" Spencerian Penmanship Instruction Book penobscot basket I purchased it right off

I purchased it right off the wall of an antique shop going out of business

I really don't know how the design could be any better

9 1/4" t x 3 5/8" widest diameter

(Seems not a bad thing to have an extra pair of all seeing eyes around

and I'm pretty fussy about the ones I like

Knowles & Maxim 1881 "Real Pen Work" Spencerian Penmanship Instruction Book penobscot basket I purchased it right offNow just might be the time to learn Spencerian penmanship, and this would be the ultimate guide to doing so! I've come across a few different soft covered pen work instruction guides, but this seems to be the mother of them all, including examples of elaborate Spencerian drawings of lions and eagles and Diana riding a stag which clearly spurred larger versions of the same. Plus fantastic alphabets, designs for autograph albums, instructions for making