Very Beautiful 1811 Hand-printed Paper Covered German Catechism Book with Fratur Lettered Nameplate directional brown against cream

brown against cream

13" tall x 8 3/4" across at widest x 5 1/2" deep and in great condition

8 drawings total

though holding by their handles works well too

both in mint condition

Very Beautiful 1811 Hand-printed Paper Covered German Catechism Book with Fratur Lettered Nameplate directional brown against creamThis, and a second PA German catechism book listed next, are all about book as object for me namely about the gorgeous hand printed paper on the cover boards, and, in the case of this one, about the ink lettering on the endpages. On this one the long edges of the pages were painted, too. I simply do not have it in me not at least temporarily take stewardship of books like this. The book was published in Reading PA in 1811, and the Daniel Boos who