$1,955
Christian Strenge(Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, active 1787-1820) - Ephrata Psalter dated 1795 with hand-drawn watercolor and ink on paper double bookplate for "Maria Dorthea Hoffman 1755", the left hand page with 2 upper panels of script over a lower panel with typical little bird with top notch arising from an urn with trailing vines, tulips and stylized flowers in vibrant tones of red, yellow, green, and pink, withing a yellow border with blocked corners, the right page with script within a similar border, 6 3/4" x 3 3/4" (loss to edge of left page). For nearly identical examples, see Fraktur Writings or Illuminated Manuscripts by Dr. Donald A. Shelley, plate 45; The Pennsylvania German Fraktur of the Free Library of Philadelphia , plates 877-879, and The Pennsylvania German Collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art by Beatrice Garvan, pg. 320, plate 3.
Auctioneer:
Pook & Pook
Date:
2004-10-08
