Lovely and Very Rare Wrifford's 1813 New System of Penmanship Instruction Booklet 1940s boxes My heart started beating fast

My heart started beating fast when I found this one

I am not sure the age but its definitely got some years on it

with a varnish finish

silver moon behind it

In Japan these are used for watercolor painting

Lovely and Very Rare Wrifford's 1813 New System of Penmanship Instruction Booklet 1940s boxes My heart started beating fastThis 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