Cornelius Pierson 1842 British Calligraphy Practice Notebook with Hand-marbled Cover water bird and as this drawing was

and as this drawing was found in Pennsylvania

where it very well may have been squirreled away for many decades

still super bright

Those striped and checkerboard patterns-- created by way of the natural dyes--are pretty great too

giving it strength and a nice sheen

Cornelius Pierson 1842 British Calligraphy Practice Notebook with Hand-marbled Cover water bird and as this drawing wasSuch a beautiful thing, from the hand marbled paper cover, to the way Cornelius has written his name and numbers 1 4 on the inside flap, to every completely filled page of writing in it. I've looked at a fair number of these antique hand writing practice notebooks at this point and think the content in this one is especially excellent, with a super choice of words and phrases repeated over and over: "bankrupt in debt beyond the power of payment";