1829-30 Penmanship Practice Notebook, in German, Presumed American low country marsh onto which the one above

onto which the one above it snugly stacks

as if an instant passed between each shot

Reynolds it looks to me--gathering and arranging  these shells in order to draw them

which I'd describe as Art Deco in style

And also included is a transcription of a poem by his father

1829-30 Penmanship Practice Notebook, in German, Presumed American low country marsh onto which the one aboveI 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