Letter from Paris Written in 1858

Here is a letter from Paris written in 1858. The writing technique, which looks like the literary equivalent of a fuge, is almost indecipherable. Paper was such a valuable resource then that you would have to make the most of the space. As you can see they write left to right one way then you flip the paper on its side and begin to write left to right again. It looks like word stitching and at the very least it's quite stunning to look at even if you might have a really hard time reading it! I am not sure of the author but it is a letter home to their parents.

-Z