Sold for:
$1,610
$1,610
Ephrata, Lancaster County Martyr's Mirror, ca. 1748-49 , two volumes bound together in leather, brass, and wood binding, relief printed on laid paper, by Tieleman Jans Van Braght and published by Ephrata Bruderschraft, titled "Der Blutige Schau-Platzoder Martyrer Spiegel", the cover with brass and diamond stamped "Hennerich Bar", the largest book printed in America (missing engraved frontispiece). Pictured in Fraktur Writings or Illuminated Manuscripts by Dr. Donald A. Shelley, plates 108 and 109.
Auctioneer:
Pook & Pook
Date:
2004-10-08
