Master Brown's 1820 British Calligraphy Practice Notebook with Spencerian Drawing side opening While I personally favor the

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Or give it a good clean with some butcher block cleaner and use it for serving cheese and crackers

(Set up and rules easily found by googling

or with small nails in a few places at different heights so that it slinks across the wall a bit

I'd guess dating to the late 19th century

Master Brown's 1820 British Calligraphy Practice Notebook with Spencerian Drawing side opening While I personally favor theAnother 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