Item No: frkB00182

Title:
Bookplate (Bücherzeichen) for Benjamin Baumann

Category:
Bookplate (Bücherzeichen)

Creation Place:
State/Province: Pennsylvania

Physical Description: Leaf

Dimensions: 35.3 cm x 21.2 cm

Material: Laid paper; watercolor; ink

Media Type: Manuscripts

Language: German

Scripts/Text: Fraktur

Associated Names: Baumann, Benjamin

Notes:

Hand-drawn; hand-colored; hand-lettered. The text in Fraktur extends across the document. The name is written in particularly prominent letters. In the upper center and between the first two lines are two decorative spirals. The bookplate was made for one of the members of the congregation at Ephrata, Pennsylvania. It is in Der Blutige Schauplatz, oder Martyrer Spiegel (Ephrata, Pa: Drucks und Verlags der Brüderschaft, 1748).  (PA GER Ephrata 1748 B621 Oversize)

Transcription:

Benjamin \ Baumann \ Jetz weiß hier sonst nichts \ zu machen, \ Als daß Gott all meine Sachen, \ Bring zu einem guten \ End \ Im Jahr 1751.

Translation:

Benjamin Baumann. I do not know anything else here except that God will bring all my things to a good end. In the year 1751.

Provenance:
Henry S. Borneman

Weiser Number: 281

Source:
Rare Book Department