Lovely and Very Rare Wrifford's 1813 New System of Penmanship Instruction Booklet antique astronomical It's a pretty good pin

It's a pretty good pin cushion too

With great lines and a gold rim too

Otherwise it is fully in tact

with the people and animals especially soulful--this girl and deer a perfect case in point

and especially those with loop handles like this one

Lovely and Very Rare Wrifford's 1813 New System of Penmanship Instruction Booklet antique astronomical It's a pretty good pinThis is a super rare one from what I can tell, published in Boston in 1813, making it a very early example of penmanship instruction, too. I was sold as soon as a saw the blue paper with cut and pasted letterpress printed title, but there are plenty of delights inside, including the fact that it was once possessed by a Persis Rice (what a great name) who wrote her name both in ink and pencil on the inside cover and dated it 1817. (I found a record of