Master Brown's 1820 British Calligraphy Practice Notebook with Spencerian Drawing Galerie Michelle Boulet Le Jeu poster knowledge keeper

knowledge keeper

with wear and some dryness/light cracking to the wood (which I have not touched)

The terrific pink

tethered by wire

first the shop in the Village and later a showroom in Midtown

Master Brown's 1820 British Calligraphy Practice Notebook with Spencerian Drawing Galerie Michelle Boulet Le Jeu poster knowledge keeperAnother beautiful antique British calligraphy practice notebook with hand marbled cover, this one of a Master Samuel Brown, 1820. This one begins with a Spencerian calligraphy drawing of a swan on the first inside page, then proceeds to page after page filled with juicy repeated words (banishment; kingsman; quicksilver) and phrases to live by: "Attempt not impossibilities"; "Be ever industrious"; "Beware of bad examples"; "Cautiously avoid temptations