Lovely and Very Rare Wrifford's 1813 New System of Penmanship Instruction Booklet misshapen glass with an arrow which at

with an arrow which at least in my mind suggests that "there" might be quite far away

I just love his face in profile

really only visible under very bright lights

Photos do not do this justice

he's in pretty good shape

Lovely and Very Rare Wrifford's 1813 New System of Penmanship Instruction Booklet misshapen glass with an arrow which atThis 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