Very Beautiful 1811 Hand-printed Paper Covered German Catechism Book with Fratur Lettered Nameplate walter addison pottery first edition

first edition

rather life-like presence

3 1/2" x 5 1/2" and in very good condition - super bright and crisp and absolutely frame-worthy

which shows a bit of threadbareness in a few spots

Very Beautiful 1811 Hand-printed Paper Covered German Catechism Book with Fratur Lettered Nameplate walter addison pottery first editionThis, and a second PA German catechism book listed next, are all about book as object for me namely about the gorgeous hand printed paper on the cover boards, and, in the case of this one, about the ink lettering on the endpages. On this one the long edges of the pages were painted, too. I simply do not have it in me not at least temporarily take stewardship of books like this. The book was published in Reading PA in 1811, and the Daniel Boos who