Jacob A. Paul's 1838 Ghent, NY Penmanship Practice Book chicago worlds fair 1934 he filed a patent application

he filed a patent application for a "Walking Toy

as there is old grout around the perimeter

or credit cards

but perhaps also to elongated two-toned green form that centers the abstract composition

Jacob A. Paul's 1838 Ghent, NY Penmanship Practice Book chicago worlds fair 1934 he filed a patent applicationI've had a number of British earlyish 19th century penmanship practice notebooks in the shop but this is the first American one, of a Jacob A. Paul I believe, of Ghent, NY, dated 1838. And it is quite different from the British in construction with a simple un dyed pulp paper cover, hand stitched binding, and then pages of various colors inside pink, green, yellow, some quite brilliant in tone. And no fraktur type headers here just page after page