Erbauliche Lieder-Sammlung: Zum Gottesdienstlichen Gebrauch in Den Vereinigten Evangelisch-Lutherishcen Gemeinen in Pennsylvanien Und Den Banachbarten Staaten

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Erbauliche Lieder-Sammlung: Zum Gottesdienstlichen Gebrauch in Den Vereinigten Evangelisch-Lutherishcen Gemeinen in Pennsylvanien Und Den Banachbarten Staaten, Gedruct M. Billmeyer, Germantaun, 1829, frontispiece of Martin Luther, 626 pp plus Register, full original leather with two brass clasps, 7.25 x 4.5 , 12mo. In fair condition. Front board nearly detached, hanging by a cord. Red rot present along edges and joints with heavy scuffing to extremities. Clasps intact, albeit worn. Leather desiccated with wear and loss at ends. Religious texts from this period are often quite worn. End papers toned and foxed. Internally good with light toning and areas of scattered foxing. Some age staining throughout with dampness staining to the margins. Free of known marginalia. Binding intact. Please see photos. After the British destroyed Saur s Germantown printing establishment in 1777, Michael Billmeyer (1752-1837) bought what was left of Saur s equipment and set up shop for the Franconia Mennonites. Billmeyer printed this work numerous times for the German Mennonite congregations that inhabited the Philadelphia and Lancaster areas. N° de ref. del artículo COLR1829ADFX

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