Item Info

Creation Date: 2/25/1808
Scripts/Text: Fraktur
Language: German
Physical Description: Leaf
Material: Laid paper; watercolor; ink
Transcription:

Dieses Büch Lein gehöret mir \ Elisabeth Diehl
Büchlein Ich habe dich habe \ dich lieb und wer dich stiehlt \ der ist ein dieb Hornung d. 25ten 1808.
 

Translation:

This little book belongs to Elisabeth Diehl.
Little book, I hold you dear and whoever steals you is a thief. February the 25th, 1808.
 

Category: Bookplate (Bücherzeichen)
Media Type: Manuscripts
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes:

Hand-drawn, hand-colored; hand-lettered. The text in Fraktur is in the center of the document. Above and below it are two flowers that are surrounded by small leaf-shaped ornaments. The entire item is framed by a decorative border. This bookplate is in the Lutheran hymnal Vollständiges Marburger Gesang=Buch (Marburg, Ger.: Heinrich Ludwig Brönner, 1800).   (PA GER Marburg 1800 M329)

Associated Names: Diehl, Elisabeth
Bibliography:

Cory M. Amsler, ed., Bucks County Fraktur (Kutztown, Pa.: Pennsylvania German Society, 1999).

Creation Place County: Creation Place Note:Based on design characteristics
Region/County:[Bucks]
State/Province:[Pennsylvania]

Image Dimensions Width: 14.7 cm
ShelfMark: FLP B-59
Creator Name: Anonymous - Decorator
Anonymous - Scrivener