Sold for:
$1,053
$1,053
Wilhelmus Antonius Faber(Southeastern Pennsylvania, active 1790-1818) - Choral book and bookplate, hand-lettered watercolor and ink on paper frontispiece for a songbook, with elaborate blue, yellow, and black fraktur lettering, signed lower right "Scripturas, Wilhelmus A. Fabrici 1811", the inside cover inscribed "Jonathan Beuman his book", the 1810 book printed by Johann Wyeth, Harrisburg, 5 5/8" x 11 1/2". There are very few signed examples of Faber's work. For similar example, see Fraktur Writings and Folk Art Drawings of the Schwenkfelder Library Collection by Dennis Moyer, plate 5-79.
Auctioneer:
Pook & Pook
Date:
2004-10-08
