Catechism, or Short Instruction in Christian Doctrine, : for use by the young people in the Electoral Palatinate and other Reformed places: together with the household table, with and without a book of biblical proverbs, all to the glory and praise of God.,

Title:

Catechism, or Short Instruction in Christian Doctrine, : for use by the young people in the Electoral Palatinate and other Reformed places: together with the household table, with and without a book of biblical proverbs, all to the glory and praise of God.

Author:

Imprint Date:

1826

Publishing Colophon:

Germantaun : Printed by M. Billmeyer, 1826.

Binding:

Quarter leather with blockprinted paper sides

Paper:

Two-color blockprint: checkerboard-oriented blue squares with negative dots and crosses, red squares with negative four-petal daisies

Analysis:

Collector's Notes:

Marvelously, the pests who so thoroughly grazed over the binding consistently avoided all of the areas with red coloration, leaving a meticulous pattern and exposing the spine leather. Probably, the pests were avoiding a toxic pigment such as vermilion or minium.

Institutional Call Number:

657324