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Genealogy of Eshelman and related families on inside front cover.
Loose items removed to MG-399, Eshhelman family bible: sheet of yellow lined paper with bible verses and calling card of Mrs. Fayette C. Eshelman with instructions that the bible be placed in the Lancaster County Historical Society.
Full vellum binding with blind tooling, brass clasps partiailly missing, corner and center brass ornamentation intact.
BIBLIA Das ist: Die gantze heilige Schrifft Teutsch. : Vnnd ... Psalmen Dauids vnd geistlichen Liedern wie sie von D. Luther, Lobwasser vnd andern ... gestellet
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Five pages of Eby family genealogy 1714-1833 following the New Testament and one-half page 1730-1772 preceding the New Testament. Photocopies housed in separate envelope.
Three examples of old repairs removed by conservator housed in separate envelope.
Approximately ten very fragile dried leaves, one colored drawing of the crucifixion on leather, one straight pin, and one strip of paper removed by conservator and placed in folder housed in separate envelope.
Five sheets 22 x 14 cm. of translations from Bible removed by conservator and placed in folder housed in separtate envelope.
Twenty-three colored slides and explanatory materials document progress of restoration in separate envelope.
Professionally restored by Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts including repaired pages new cover of blind-tooled full leather and clasps in a linen clam-shell box; original cover and clasps housed in separate linen clam-shell box.
Der kleine Catechismus des sel. D. Martin Luthers : nebst den gewèohnlichen Morgen, Tisch, und Abend-Gebeten, welchem die Ordnung des Heils, in einem Liede, in kurzen Sèatzen in Frag und Antwort, und in einer Tabelle; wie auch eine Zergliederung des Catechismus, das Wèutembergische kurze Kinder-Examen die Confirmation und Beichte beygefèuget; und etliche Lieder, Freylinghausens Ordnung des Heils, das gèuldene A, B, C, der Kinder, und die sieben Buss-Psalmen, angehèanget sind. Zum Gebrauch der Jungen und Alten
nach der deutschen Uebersetzung D. Martin Luthers ; mit kurzem Inhalt eines jeden Capitels, und vollständiger Anweisung gleicher Schriftstellen ; wie auch aller sonn- und festtägigen Evangelien und Episteln.
Edition
Zweyte Auflage.
Place of Publication
Germantaun [Germantown, Pa.]
Publisher
Gedruckt bey Michael Billmeyer,
Date of Publication
1795.
Physical Description
537, [7] p. ; 16.4 x 9.6 cm. (8vo)
Notes
This catalogue record is derived in large part from a record for a microform.
Signatures: A-2L⸠(2L8 blank).
On front flyleaf: Fraktur of an ink drawing of a man pointing to a star with the inscription: Peter Miller ist der wahre besitzer dieses Buchs 1796.
Printed in two columns.
Error in paging: p. 438 misnumbered 338.
Leather over board with clasps and no spine label.
