1870s Penmanship Notebook with Great Cover, Full Mickey Mouse on tractor This mid 19th c

This mid 19th c

maybe French

and the box overall is structurally sound

and tis the season

Tiles measure approx 1 3/8" l x 11/16" x 5/16"

1870s Penmanship Notebook with Great Cover, Full Mickey Mouse on tractor This mid 19th cI just don't have it in me to pass up a 19th century penmanship practice notebook when I find one each one its own story, and each product of a specific hand at a specific moment in time. And just lovely things. The phrases repeated over and over speak that moment and what was being drilled into students morally in addition to covering the bases calligraphically this one, dating to the 1870s, includes phrases such as "A friend's infirmities should be