![[3735813] Christliches Gesangbuch zur Beförderung der öffentlichen und häuslichen Andacht für die evangelisch-protestantische Kirche im Großherzogthum Baden. Nebst einer Sammlung christlicher Gebete. German Protestant hymnal.](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3735813.jpg?width=768&height=1000&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1767642428)
Christliches Gesangbuch zur Beförderung der öffentlichen und häuslichen Andacht für die evangelisch-protestantische Kirche im Großherzogthum Baden. Nebst einer Sammlung christlicher Gebete.
From Baden-Württemberg, Germany to Lancaster, Pennsylvania…
A personalized German Protestant hymnal with gilt initials and date added at the time of binding, consistent with continental European practice in which devotional or commemorative volumes were individualized for their owners. The upper cover is gilt-stamped with the initials “M. E.,” and the lower cover with the date “1859.”
The spine is tooled in gilt with floral ornaments and lettered “Gesangbuch.” Binder’s ticket to rear pastedown: “F. Gutermann, Buchbinder in Lörrach.” Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece and two engraved plates, all with tissue guards, including one after Da Vinci’s “The Last Supper.”
Recently acquired in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, this hymnal was likely brought to America by emigrants from Baden-Württemberg, Germany, where it was bound, and subsequently kept within the Pennsylvania German community.
Description: Christliches Gesangbuch zur Beförderung der öffentlichen und häuslichen Andacht für die evangelisch-protestantische Kirche im Großherzogthum Baden. Nebst einer Sammlung christlicher Gebete.
Karlsruhe: Druck und Verlag von Christian Theodor Groos, 1857. Octavo. Frontispiece, 274 pp., + [1]–36 pp. Ribbon marker. Bound in full black morocco, paneled in blind with arabesque roll borders enclosing a gilt ornamental centerpiece of scrollwork and floral tools; all edges gilt. Binding with superficial scuffs and rubbed areas; staining to front and rear endpapers; persistent tideline or dampstaining throughout, not affecting legibility; light wear to extremities; scattered foxing; dampstaining to endleaves. OCLC, in America, one copy at Columbia.
[3735813]Price: $125.00