Item Info

Scripts/Text: Fraktur
Language: German
Weiser Number: 402
Physical Description: Leaf
Material: Wove paper; watercolor; ink
Transcription:

Biblische \ Historien \ zum Gebrauch \ für \ Johann \ Wittmer
Gebohren in der Stadt \ Manheim, in Lancaster \ Caunty, Pennsylvanien, \ den 4ten März, AD 1775.
Heinrich Keyser, 1831.
 

Translation:

Biblical histories for the use of Johann Wittmer, born in the city Manheim, in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, the 4th of March, AD 1775. Heinrich Keyser, 1831.

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. It is framed and divided into three sections by decorative borders; the top frame is triangular. In the upper corners are two flowers.  The decorative striped border of the bookplate intersects to form a checked pattern in the four corners.  This bookplate is in the catechism Johann Hübner’s zweymal zwey und fünfzig auserlesene Biblische Historien (Härrisburg, Pa.: W. Wheit und Wm. Boyer, 1826). For another bookplate in the same book, see FLP B-120a.

Associated Names: Wittmer, Johann
Provenance: Henry S. Borneman

Bibliography:

"Heinrich Keyser"  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. 441-442.

Creation Place Town/Township: Creation Place Note:Based on location of birth
Region/County:Lancaster
City/Town/Township:Manheim
State/Province:Pennsylvania

Creation Year (Single Year or Range Begin): 1831
Image Dimensions Width: 17.2 cm
ShelfMark: FLP B-120b
Creator Name: Heinrich Keyser (active c. 1810-1856) - Decorator
Heinrich Keyser (active c. 1810-1856) - Scrivener