1829-30 Penmanship Practice Notebook, in German, Presumed American antique floral watercolor I love children's drawing in

I love children's drawing in general

and just loved it for how mid-century it feels and for its almost manic quality

black and gold and rust that gives it great character and makes it feel rather ancient

some balance well on the backs of others

and pretty fun to count the days on

1829-30 Penmanship Practice Notebook, in German, Presumed American antique floral watercolor I love children's drawing inI purchased this one especially for the layers of text and doodles on the inside covers and first and last pages, including a little Fraktur writing yum yum but love it front to back, including for the fact that I can't read German so the lines of penmanship practice repeated over and over become more or less just beautiful fields of line. Pretty cool too, that though in German I am confident is it American: it's author was a Johannes Knetz, but on