Item Info

Scripts/Text: Fraktur
Language: German
Physical Description: Leaf
Material: Laid paper; ink
Transcription:

Johann \ Wilhelm Hoffmann \ 1750 \

Category: Drawing
Media Type: Letterpress Prints
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes:

Printed. The name in Fraktur, printed in red ink, is in the center of the document. Next to it are woodcut prints of two sailing vessels in square frames and a decorative border. Above the name is a winged angel head. It is flanked by two vases with flowers. Below the name are two crossed trumpets and vines as well as two additional vases with flowers. See FLP 417 for a related document with the name Anna Maria Hoffmann printed on it and the date 1750.
The woodcut of the lyre with crossed trumpets was used by Christoph Saur on a 1740 book of sermons by George Whitefield. Further linking this document to Saur is the use of both the lyre woodcut and a floral woodcut on the Johann Wilhelm Hoffman document that also appears on other Saur imprints.
 

Associated Names: Sower
Bibliography:

Karl J. R. Arndt and Reimer C. Eck, eds., The First Century of German Language Printing in the United States of America (Göttingen: Niedersächsische Staats-und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen, 1989), vol. 1, pp. 28-30.

Creation Place Town/Township: Creation Place Note:Based on location of printshop
Region/County:[Philadelphia]
City/Town/Township:[Germantown]
State/Province:[Pennsylvania]

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): ca. 1750
Image Dimensions Width: 33.8 cm
ShelfMark: FLP 418
Creator Name: [Christoph Saur (1693-1758)] - Printer/Publisher