Master Brown's 1820 British Calligraphy Practice Notebook with Spencerian Drawing Galerie Michelle Boulet Le Jeu poster with wear and some dryness/light

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

knowledge keeper

1960s woodblock print

and then brought him to life with just the right use of dark green

or a terrific design-y gift

Master Brown's 1820 British Calligraphy Practice Notebook with Spencerian Drawing Galerie Michelle Boulet Le Jeu poster with wear and some dryness/lightAnother 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