Cornelius Pierson 1842 British Calligraphy Practice Notebook with Hand-marbled Cover water bird but few as great condition

but few as great condition as this one

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

San Jose Mission

and as this drawing was found in Pennsylvania

Cornelius Pierson 1842 British Calligraphy Practice Notebook with Hand-marbled Cover water bird but few as great conditionSuch 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";