Item Info

Creation Date: 2/18/1829
Scripts/Text: Fraktur
Language: German
Weiser Number: 772
Physical Description: Leaf
Material: Wove paper; watercolor; ink
Transcription:

Dieses Buch \ gehöret mir \ Veronica Burkhol= \ der zu
Meine Großmutter \ hat es mir verehrt \ zum andenken, und \ zum gebrauch der \ Gottseligkeit.\ Im 77. Jahr ihres alters \ Geschrieben den 18ten \ Tag February 1829.
 

Translation:

This book belongs to me, Veronica Burkholder.
My grandmother presented it to me, as a souvenir and for the practice of godliness, in the 77th year of her age. Written on the 18th day of February 1829.
 

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

Hand-drawn; hand-colored; hand-lettered. The text in Fraktur extends across the entire document. It is framed by a wide border with birds and flowers at the top and bottom. This bookplate is in Das Neue Testament (Germantaun: M. Billmeyer, 1822).    (PA GER Germantown 1822 B471)

See FLP B-115 for a bookplate by the same artist, bearing the same date and inscribed for Maria Burkholder, likely a sister of Veronica Burkholder.

Associated Names: Burkholder, Veronica
Provenance: Henry S. Borneman

Bibliography:

"Abraham Brubaker"  in Russell D. and Corinne P. Earnest, Papers for Birth Dayes: Guide to the Fraktur Artists and Scriveners (East Berlin, Pa.: Russell D. Earnest Associates, 1997), 2^nd ed., vol. 1, pp. 135-137.

Henry S. Borneman, Pennsylvania German Bookplates (Philadelphia: Pennsylvania German Society, 1953), published as plate 12.

Creation Place County: Creation Place Note:Based on artist's location
Region/County:[Lancaster]
State/Province:[Pennsylvania]

Image Dimensions Width: 16.4 cm
ShelfMark: FLP B-114
Creator Name: [Abraham Brubaker (1760-1831)] - Decorator
[Abraham Brubaker (1760-1831)] - Scrivener