Item Info

Creation Date: 4/4/1813
Scripts/Text: Fraktur; Roman script
Language: German
Weiser Number: 707
Physical Description: Leaf
Material: Laid paper; watercolor; ink
Transcription:

[upper bookplate]
Peter \ John Peter Mill 1859 \ P. M. \ Jhon Peter Mill 1859

[center bookplate]
P. M. \ Julius 1813. 4.

[bottom bookplate]
Peter Mill \ Johann Peter Mill
 

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

Hand-drawn; hand-colored; hand-lettered. This item includes three separate bookplates that are mounted on one page. The upper bookplate includes text in Fraktur and Roman script. It is decorated with lines, checks, and dots. The bookplate in the center includes text in Fraktur as well as decorative lines and dots. The bookplate below, which is detached, includes text in Fraktur and Roman script. The bookplates are in Biblia (Germantown: Christoph Saur, 1763).  (PA GER Germantown 1763 B471 Oversize)

Associated Names: Mill, John Peter
Provenance: Henry S. Borneman

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

Image Dimensions Width: 13.5 cm
ShelfMark: FLP B-1024
Creator Name: Anonymous - Decorator
Anonymous - Scrivener