A Collection of 18th-Century Decorated Papers and Paper Bindings
Title:
Catechismus, oder: Kurzer Unterricht Christlicher Lehre, für die angehende Jugend, : in der Churfürstlichen Pfalz und andern Reformirten Orten zu gebrauchen: sammt Der Haus-Tafel, mit und ohne Biblischen Sprüch-Büchlein. Alles zur Ehre und Lob Gottes.
Author:
Imprint Date:
1836
Publishing Colophon:
Philadelphia : Herausgegeben von G.W. Mentz und Sohn, Buchhändler, nro. 53, in der Nort-Drittenstrasse. Stereotypirt bey J. Howe, 1836.
Binding:
Quarter plain cloth with blockprinted paper sides
Paper:
Three-color blockprint: blue field with negative designs for six-pointed stars and small circles, both with red and yellow fills
Analysis:
Collector's Notes:
Only the blue keyblock impression is still discernible on the covers, with the red and yellow designs only visible on the pastedown-protected turn-ins. Still, shadows of heavier paste application hint at the line fill designs on the stars.
Institutional Call Number:
657323

