A charming school notebook with a green cover embossed with raised floral motifs, simply titled "Composition Notebook." It contains twelve handwritten pages in black or purple ink, written in meticulous calligraphy: thank-you notes, dictation exercises, grammatical analysis, and more. The whole is framed by refined embossed borders. A handwritten map completes the contents, highlighting the notebook's educational purpose. The student's name, Marie Jutteau, appears on it, dating from the 1880s. A moving and beautifully designed object, it bears witness to dedicated teaching and a concern for aesthetics in the transmission of knowledge.
✦ Origin: France ✦ Estimated period: 1880s ✦ Dimensions: 31.5 × 24 cm ✦ Material: Laid paper, embossed softcover ✦ Contents: 12 handwritten pages + 1 map ✦ Condition: Good overall condition, rubbed corners and minor losses to the cover
A touching testimony to female education in the 19th century – ideal for a collector of school manuscripts or for poetic and educational decoration.
