Very Beautiful 1811 Hand-printed Paper Covered German Catechism Book with Fratur Lettered Nameplate black and white vase B: 9 1/4" x 5

B: 9 1/4" x 5 1/8"

The wear is pretty even all over

And how the ears could also read as an open beak tweeting at the sky

which gives a further sense of "Morn" as emerging from the night--and also making for an easy way to hang it

with some minor dings here and there and one bit of wood lost to the ring encircling the horse head

Very Beautiful 1811 Hand-printed Paper Covered German Catechism Book with Fratur Lettered Nameplate black and white vase B: 9 1/4" x 5This, 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