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The following description was prepared by William Gross:

Writing and the elegance of script were an important part of the training of an educated person in the 19th century.

The work called "Hebraeische Probschriften i, ii, iii, iv Klasse" is a collection of examples of Hebrew script. Unfortunately, neither the name of the school nor its location is mentioned, probably one of Haskalah schools. The Jewish enlightenment movement in Europe began in Germany in the last quarter of the 18th century. While the script is Hebrew, the language is German and the many signed names would indicate that this was written somewhere in central Europe, probably in Germany. 

There are five pictures executed in micrography, script samples with decoration, and simpler samples of fine script.  Each sample is signed by the maker - a student in one of 4 school classes.

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