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Ready Calculator of Interest. Reading, 1816.
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CLASS XVIII. Books, Papers, and Manuscripts.
The fullness and variety of this department shows the resources of our county in books, and the taste of our people for venerable volumes and documents. In Bibles, hymn books, cate- chisms, and other theological works, the exhibi- tion was especially noteworthy. The descend- ants of the early Swedish, English, Dutch, Ger- man, and Welsh settlers, contributed religious books written in these several languages. The Schwenkfelders sent numerous manuscript ser- mon and other devotional books, as also the printed writings of the founder of their denomi- nation, and works treating of his life and of the doctrines he promulgated.
The display was further enriched by rare and valuable selections from the extensive library of Abraham H. Cassel, the well known antiquary, whose fame as an industrious collector of books extends far beyond the limits of our own county.
A number of specimens of Fractur-Schrift were exhibited. This is pen and ink work done in bright colors, usually of German text, with ornamental designs. It was employed to deco- rate books and manuscripts in imitation of the illuminations of the period before the invention
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of printing. The German teachers in our schools during the colonial times excelled in this art. They inscribed upon the family registers in the Bibles, and the fly-leaves of books, records in German text, adorning them with ornamental flourishes, scrolls, and figures, in designs of cir- cles, hearts, harps, etc., and with pictures of birds, plants, leaves, and flowers. The Geburts and Tauf-schein (certificate of birth and baptism) afforded a field for the display of their profi- ciency in this direction. The Vorschrift was exe- cuted entirely in this species of penmanship. It was a keepsake, given by the teacher to his pupil. On paper, varying in size according to the cir- cumstances of the case, was written a verse from the Scriptures or from a hymn, conveying a pious precept, the first letter of which was large and highly ornamental, and the same as the initial of the recipient's Christian name. This quota- tion was followed by the capital and small let- ters of the alphabet, in German and Latin char- acters ; then the ten numerals, the months of the year, the name and residence of the pupil, the date, and last the name of the donor. This gift served at once as a copy for writing, as a token of regard or reward of merit, and as an injunc- tion to a godly life. It was highly esteemed by the receiver, placed between the leaves of a book, and carefully preserved. Many of these
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objects of art in the primitive times of our county have been transmitted to the present genera- tion, and are justly regarded by their possessors as valued mementoes.
ALBRIGHT, JOSEPH, Shoemakertown. Villa Architecture, 1828. AMBLER, AARON, Norritonville. Old Books.
AMIES, MRS. MARY H., Spring House. Bible. Philadelphia : Jane Aitken, 1808.
ANDERS, JOSEPH, JR., Worcester. Five Books. 1558, 1566, 1570, 1594, 1635. ARMITAGE, JACOB, Jenkintown. Bond of Performance, 1747. Three Releases. 1705, 1721, 1724.
ARNOLD, EDWIN C., Norristown.
Printed Paper, entitled Strange Bible Facts. Copy of first issue of the Public Ledger, Philadelphia, March 25, 1836.
ARNOLD, ELIZABETH, Neshaminy.
German History of Christ. Samuel Zoillet, 1620,
ASHBRIDGE, MRS. J., Bryn Mawr.
Milton's Poetical Works. London, 1794. Book. London, 1695. Norristown Herald, April 13, 1825.
Virginia Gazette and Petersburg Intelligencer, January 8, 1799.
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ATKINSON, I. S., Norristown.
Avrelii Cornelii Celsi De Re Medica. Patavii. 4mo. 1563. Elegantiores Præstantium Virorum Satyræ. 1655. 4mno. C. Cornelii Taciti Notæ Politica. 4mo. 1662. Compendium Manualis Controversiarum. 4mo. 1671.
Last Will and Testament of Basil Valentine, Monk of St. Bennet. Small 8vo. London, 1671.
New York Daily Advertiser, February 25, 1788.
Philadelphia Gazette and Universal Daily Advertiser (pre- decessor of North American and United States Gazette), Novem- ber 19, 1795.
Boston Patriot and Morning Advertiser, May 4, 1816, and September 25, 1816. Contains proceedings of meeting to con- sider the separation of Maine from Massachusetts.
The Ulster County Gazette, January 4, 1800. In mourning for the death of Washington, December 14, 1799, news of which had been received on the 3d.
The Post Boy, Chester, Delaware county, Pa., July 27, 1824. The Pennsylvanian, Philadelphia, July 1, 1828; now Phila- delphia Inquirer.
American Sentinel, Philadelphia, November 26, 1825. Delaware County Republican, May 11, 1838.
A Brief Account of the Bloody Deeds of General Jackson. Illustrated campaign circular of 1824.
AUGE, MISS E. M., Norristown.
Dissertation on Pure Love, 1738.
Poor Richard's Almanac.
AUGE, M., Norristown.
Biographies of Men of Montgomery County, by the exhibit- or. Norristown, 1879.
BAILEY, MR., Norristown.
Ulster County Gazette, January 4, 1800.
BAKER, ANDREW H., Jenkintown.
Newspaper, with county statement for 1800.
BATCHELDER, MEREDITH, Norristown. Old Books.
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BAUER, ANDREW, Niantic.
Deed, made May 27, 1769. Deed, made July 30, 1782. Bond, dated May 27, 1769. Draught, January 17, 1769.
Will, made August 22, 1786. Bond, dated May 27, 1784.
Agreements, June 8, 1780, and March 18, 1782.
German Account Book, August 19, 1778.
Record, made November 24, 1781. Commission, 1786.
BEAN, A. J., Worcester. Bible.
BEAN, WILLIAM C., West Point.
Catechism, 1763.
BEANS, E. C., Telford.
Luther Testament, 1545. German. Contains a curious warning by Luther.
Von dreierlei Leben der Menschen. By Caspar Schwenkfeld. Printed in Germany, in 1533; in good condition ; brass clasps, and corners in brass ; pages not numbered ; about 400 pages.
Bericht von Caspar Schwenckfelds Lehre. 1547. 250 pages ; not numbered.
Kurtze Lebens Beschreibung des Caspar Schwenckfelds. 1556. First half of book is in poetry ; the other part in prose. About 200 pages ; not numbered. The place where printed is not given in this and the two foregoing books.
Almanac for the year 1759. Title-page missing. Contains moral and Christian instruction ; tells Christians to keep away from the courts; teaches how to write German.
Poor Rate Tax of Whitpain township for 1803.
Inventory of Abraham Wiegner's estate, 1781. Written in German.
Certificate of Satisfaction on a mortgage, on a piece of un- ruled paper, issued by Geo. M. Potts, Recorder, March 31, 1804.
Two Receipts, given by Edmund Physick, for the Proprie- taries, to Jacob Reedt, for payments for land in Hatfield town-
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ship, viz. : For £50 in part for 214 acres, paid at Philadelphia on 26th January, 1770; and for £178 in full for 215 acres and 15 perches, paid at Philadelphia on 17th February, 1770.
BECK, MRS. JOHN P., Centre Square.
German Bible. Once owned by the Beideman family. Religious Book.
BELL, MRS. WILLIAM A., Centre Square.
Manuscript Prayer Book. Buried during Revolutionary war. BENNETT, DANIEL R., Jenkintown.
Compendium of Modern Travels. Three volumes. 1757. Adventures of Signor Gaudentio di Lucca, 1799.
Naval History of Great Britain, 1758.
American Revolution, 1794.
Homer's Odyssey, 1771.
Notes on the State of Virginia, 1803.
The Vicar of Wakefield, 1796.
Philosophical Rudiments of Government and Civil Society, 1650.
BERGEY, G. R., Skippack.
Two German Letters. One from George Steignard to Caspar Seibt, an early settler of Towamencin, dated March 17, 1766. The other dated March 5, 1774. The first letter, which was written from Armeriis, im Niederschlesischen, Germany, was re- ceived May 31, 1767, being over one year on its way.
Two German Letters, from Jeremiah Heydrick to Caspar Seibt, dated February 8, 1770, and March 7, 1774.
Book of Sermons, 1670. Norristown Herald and Free Press, 1840.
BEVAN, MRS. EMILY, Hartranft.
Deed, over 200 years old.
BEYER, JACOB, SR., Norritonville.
Bible, 1774. Four old Books. BICKEL, MRS. E. B., Norristown.
A Book, 150 years old.
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BISSON, JANE, Three Tuns.
Receipt Book, 100 years old. Norristown Herald, November 10, 1824. BLACKFAN, MRS. JOSEPH, Norristown.
Treatment of Horses, about 120 years old. Treatise on the Diseases of the Army, 100 years old.
Baptismal Certificate, 1810.
BLAIR, DAVID T., Hatboro.
The Running Horse, 1670. Belonged to James Thomas. BLAKE, MRS. JOHN, Jenkintown.
Life of David Ferris. Bailey's Dictionary.
BOETTCHER, C. A., Norristown.
Boston Gazette and New York Post, 1770. Colloquies of Erasmus Roterodamus, 1725.
BOORSE, JOHN C., Kulpsville.
Biblich Namen und Chronik-Buch, 1584.
Manuscript Hymn Book, 1727.
Act of Poor Laws, &c., 1749.
Papers of Overseers of the Poor, 1751 and upwards.
Almanacs, from 1752, with few exceptions, to date ; twelve of them, from 1752 up, printed by Christopher Saur ; some with calculations made by David Rittenhouse.
Hymn Book. Christoph Saur, 1762.
Low Dutch Hymn Book, 1779.
Philadelphia Correspondence (newspaper), 1798 to 1800.
Postill. Kurtze Auslegung über die Evangelium. So man pflegt zuläsen an den Sontagen und der Heyligen Fest sampt den Summarien durchs ganze Jahr: Christlich und einfaltig gepre- digt unn beschriben durch Johan Wörner. Gedruckt im Jar nach der Geburt unsers Erlösers, 1558.
Newspaper, by Christoph Saur, Germantown, dated August 6, 1757, containing the numbers and amounts drawn in the Rad- ing-tauner (Reading) Lottery.
Schul-Ordnung. By Christopher Dock. The full title of this rare volume is: "Eine Einfältige und gründlich abgefasste
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Schul-Ordnung darinnen deutlich vorgestelt wird, auf welche Weisse die Kinder nicht nur in denen in schulen gewöhnlichen Lehren bestens angebracht sondern auch in der Lehre der Gott- seligkeit wohl unterrichtet werden mögen aus Liebe zu dem men- schlichen Geschlecht aufgesetzt durch den wohlerfahren und lang geübten Schulmeister, Christoph Dock. Und durch einige Freunde des gemeinen Bestens dem Druck übergeben. Ger- mantown : Gedruckt und zu finden by Christoph Saur, 1770."
Brief of Title, from January 26, 1714, to date, for part of 810 acres of land, upon which the present village of Franconiaville is located. One of the deeds says that this tract is situate "near the head waters of Mishameny river," in Philadelphia county.
Deed from James Shattick, of Philadelphia, to Lawrence Hendrickson, for one hundred and twenty-three acres of land in Towamensing townshipe, dated the "one and thirtieth day of the twelfth month called February, in the twelfth year of the reign of our Sovereign Lady Anne, Queen of Great Britain," A. D. 1713. This tract was part of four thousand acres in Towamencin town- ship, granted by deed of lease and release dated the 23d and 24th days of August, 1704, to James Shattick and Edward Lane, of Philadelphia county, by John Phelps, of Bristol, England, and Samuel Taverner and Thomas Pearce, both apothecaries, of Lim- erick, Ireland.
Etliche merckwürdig Punkten betreffend die Verwechselung des Government, gerichtet an die deutsche Einwohner der Pro- vinz Pennsylvania. Gedruckt bey Anton Armbrüster, 1764. Pamphlet.
Getreue Warnung gegen die Lockvögel, sammt einer Antwort auf die andere Anrede an die deutsche Freyhalter der Stadt und County von Philadelphia. Durch Germanicus. Behalte was du hast. Gedruckt im Jahr 1764. Pamphlet.
Der Lockvögel Warnungsgesang vor den Stossvogeln ; oder nöthige Beantwortung der sogenannten getreuen Warnung gegen die Lockvögel, etc. Gedruckt am 29ten September, 1764.
Eine neue Anrede an die Deutschen in Philadelphia County. Salbe deine Auge mit Augen-Salbe. Gedruckt zur Zeit und im Jahr da einer wider'n andern war.
Laws of Pennsylvania, from 1700 to 1812. Five volumes. Leather binding ; in excellent condition.
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BOSCH, ENOS, Norristown.
Doctor's Dictionary, supposed to be at least 200 years old. BRUNNER, DR. J. D., Jarrettown.
German Book, 1779.
BUCK, WILLIAM J., Jenkintown.
First Newspaper printed in Bucks county, the Farmer's Gazette, at Doylestown, November 11, 1800.
Book, containing 258 original drawings, by the exhibitor, of best specimens of Indian Stone Relics, exhibited at the Cen- tennial Exhibition, 1876, belonging to the Government and other collections.
A plate containing eighteen lithographic drawings of Indian Relics found on the Pennypack, in Moreland township, made by William J. Buck, and published in the "Collections" of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania in 1853.
Autograph Letters to the exhibitor ; written by Washington Irving, 1855; Samuel Hazard, 1855; Benson J. Lossing, 1856 ; John F. Watson, 1857 ; S. Austin Allibone, 1862 ; John Green- leaf Whittier, 1873.
Almanac. Calculations by William Collum, of Montgomery Square. Doylestown, 1817.
Original Letter, from Mrs. Stedman to Mrs. Ferguson, Græme Park, September 11, 1777, giving an account of the de- feat at Brandywine and the excitement in Philadelphia on hear- ing the news.
Family Bible. In German. Nuremberg, 1745. Belonged to Joseph Afflerbach, grandfather of exhibitor. Illustrated with numerous woodcuts and copperplate engravings.
The Local Historian ; a series of sketches relating chiefly to the southeastern section of Montgomery county. Written by exhibitor. Published in the Hatboro Public Spirit, from De- cember 11, 1830, to June 24, 1882 ; seventy-five numbers.
History of Montgomery County, within the Schuylkill Val- ley. By William J. Buck. Norristown, 1859.
History of Bucks County ; from its earliest settlement to the close of the eighteenth century. By William J. Buck. Printed by John S. Brown, Doylestown, 1855. 118 pp., large 8vo. Rare. The Philadelphia Library paid $8 several years ago to secure a copy.
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History of Montgomery County, Pa., from the earliest pe- riod of its settlement to the present time, including sketches of all its townships and boroughs. By William J. Buck. Oc- cupies 84 columns, 15 inches in length. Published in Scott's Atlas of Montgomery County, which contains a printed list of 1,100 subscribers, chiefly in the county. Price, $12.
Early Accounts of Petroleum in the United States. By William J. Buck. Titusville, Pa., 1876.
Patent Deed for 125 acres in Upper Salford, dated April 6, 1747, from Governor George Thomas to Jacob Eck. This tract upon which they settled and made the first improvements, was retained in the Eck family for about ninety years. Said Jacob Eck, who lived and died there, was the exhibitor's great-great- grandfather. His granddaughter, Mary Eck (daughter of John), was married to Captain Nicholas Buck, of Bucksville, Bucks county, who was exhibitor's grandfather.
Three numbers of The Literary Chronicle, dated December, 1840, July 13, and September 7, 1841 ; published by Oliver I. Search, Hatboro. The first newspaper printed in the lower half of Montgomery county. Very rare.
History of Moreland Township, by William J. Buck, pub- lished by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania in 1853.
Economy of Agriculture, by David Lloyd, of Horsham. Germantown, 1832.
Modern Miscellany, by David Lloyd. 1848.
BUCKMAN, THOMAS, Jenkintown.
Deed, 1754.
BULT, GEORGE T., Whitpain.
Public Ledger, Vol. I, No. 1. 1836.
CALEY, CYRUS, Abrams.
Mackenzie's Cook Book, 1829. Books. 1791 to 1824.
CARN, ABRAHAM, Fort Washington.
Oath of Allegiance.
German Writing, executed in 1750.
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CASSEL, ABRAHAM H., Harleysville.
VERY RARE AND CURIOUS OLD BOOKS IN PECULIAR BINDINGS.
Aristotle's Politiques, or Discourses of Government, &c. Translated out of the Greek. With Notes by Plato. In one vol- nme. Folio. London, 1598.
A New System of Modern Geography ; or, a Historical and Commercial Grammar. By William Guthrie and David Ritten- house. The Montgomery County Philosopher and Astronomer. Two volumes, large quarto. 1794.
A Tutor to Astronomy and Geography, or an easy and speedy way to know the use of both the Globes, Celestial and Ter- restial. By Joseph Moxon. 3rd edition, 4to., finely illustrated with steel plates. London, 1674. With autograph of Dr. George de Benneville.
Names which the Lenni Lenape or Delaware Indians gave to Rivers, Streams and Localities within the State of Pennsyl- vania, &c., with their significations. By John Heckewelder.
The One Line Psalmist, embracing Day and Beal's New Mu- sical Notation and Sight-singing Method, by which classes, · schools, and choirs, in a few lessons, become better readers of music than common singers do in the old way during life, etc. By H. W. Day, of the Boston Phonographic Musical Institution.
The Art of Singing. In three parts, to wit : 1. The Musical Primer ; 2. The Christian Harmony ; 3. The Musical Magazine. By Andrew Law. Fourth edition. Boston, 1803. It contains the Rules of Psalmody, newly revised and improved, with a number of practical lessons and tunes, etc., on a new plan of printing music without a staff.
Memoirs of David Rittenhouse. By William Barton. 1813.
Logick ; or, the Right Use of Reason in the Enquiry after Truth. With a variety of rules to guard against error in the af- fairs of religion and human life, as well as in the sciences. By Isaac Watts. Seventh edition, corrected. 1740.
Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania, to the Inhabitants of the British Colonies. (By John Dickinson.) 3d edition. Philadelphia : Printed by Wm. Bradford, at the London Coffee- house. 1769.
Stammbaum der Familie des Dr. Martin Luthers zur dritten secularfeier seines Todestages, den 18th February, 1846. With a
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large engraved family tree. A very large folio, with the trans- lator's dedication to King James, and a lengthy dissertation to the reader, besides other matter never seen in a Bible.
King James English Bible. Printed at London, by Robert Barker, 1611. The original first edition. It was padlocked by a brass chain to the altar of the Parish Church of South Cowdon, England.
Pre-Lutheran German Bible, the oldest known to exist, printed line by line, it is said, from wooden blocks, in 1470- 1473.
Proceedings of the Pennsylvania Society of the Cincinnati. (George Washington being its President.) Philadelphia. 1785. A Collection of rare Tracts, dating from 1652 to 1690. Quarto. Bound in Human Skin.
Contemplations Moral and Divine. By the great Sir Mat- thew Hale, late Chief Justice of the King's Bench. 1685.
Unheard of Curiosities, concerning the Talismanical Sculp- ture of the Persians ; The Horoscope of the Patriarchs and the Reading of the Stars. By James Gaffarel. 1650.
Alchymie, or an Exposition upon Sir George Ripley's Her- metico-Poetical Works. Containing the plainest and most excellent discoveries of the most hidden Secrets of the Ancient Philosophers that were ever yet published. 1678.
A very curious collection of eleven separately printed Tracts or Treatises on Chymistry, and on the Mechanical Origin or Pro- duction of Electricity, and also of Magnetism. By Hon. Robert Boyle, of the Royal Society, London and Oxford. 1675. The above are now all bound together in one volume. They are very curious, and among the earliest known treatises on these subjects.
An Astrological Judgment of Diseases, &c. By Nicholas Culpepper. London, 1671. (Was the property of C. DeWitt.)
Der Frommen Lotterie, oder Geistliches Schatz-Kästlein ; printed by Christopher Saur, Germantown, in 1744. Mr. Cassel furnishes the following account of this peculiar and now rare publication :
It consisted of 381 tickets, printed on stiff, white pasteboard, 214x4 inches in size, and numbered like lottery tickets, each containing a poetic gem composed by the celebrated Gerhard Tersteegen, and accompanied by a verse or passage from the Scriptures. These tickets were enclosed in neat cases, some made of leather and others of fancy wood nicely dove-tailed. Mine is leather bound. The good people in olden time enjoyed themselves,
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generally on Sunday afternoons, by drawing prizes out of this sacred or spiritual treasury, and often when they felt gloomy or despondent they would resort to it in hope of drawing some promise or consolation to cheer their drooping spirits.
Kurtze Lebens-Beschreibung des hoch von Gott begnadeten und gelehrten Mannes Caspar Schwenckfelds. Nebst dessen Abs- chied, etc. Gedruckt im Jahr, 1697. With a beautiful steel en- graved likeness of Schwenkfeld. Exceedingly rare; the ex- hibitor knows of but one copy besides his.
A Choice Selection of Hymns for the Glory of Christ. Mathetchy, (Norriton Square). Published by Abraham Krupp, 1814. 18mo. It has no imprint, but is known to have been printed by David Sower, Sr., Norristown.
The Norristown New and much Improved Musical Teacher, or Repository of Sacred Harmony : Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs, containing many New Tunes, never before published. For the use of Schools and Christian Devotion. On a New Sys- tem. By a Professor of Music. (Abraham Krupp.) Printed by David Sower, Jr., Norristown, Pa., 1832. Very scarce.
Das Kleine Davidische Psalterspiel. Chestnut Hill. S. Saur. 1791. Called kleine in contradistinction to a very large David- ische Psalterspiel, which the Brethren used in England and for a while in America, of which the kleine is an abridgment. It passed through at least fifteen editions, in the course of which new hymns, mostly composed by the Brethren, have been added. The first edition was printed by Christopher Saur, Germantown, in 1744, and the last by G. Mentz, Philadelphia, in 1830. It is not scarce. It is exhibited to prove that there was a printing office at Chestnut Hill, many persons living there now being hardly willing to credit the statement. The exhibitor also shows an almanac and a newspaper printed there, in further proof. He has, besides, many other Chestnut Hill imprints in his collection. Samuel Saur, the son of Christopher Saur, commenced printing at Chestnut Hill about 1790 ; from there he moved to Philadel- phia, and from there to Baltimore, where he died. What may be more surprising, is the fact that there was a printing estab- lishment at Chestnut Hill long before Samuel Saur's. This was conducted by N. Hasselbach, who afterwards moved to Philadel- phia, and there followed printing many years. An almanac pub- lished by Hasselbach in 1763 is shown by the exhibitor.
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Das Kleine Davidsche Psalterspiel. Germantown. C. Saur. 1777. Exhibited on account of its extraordinary binding, being covered, almost all over, with brass mountings. So well is it protected, that now, after being used more than a century, it is still in quite good condition.
Das Neue Testament. (Psalter und Sirach.) 1740. Pro- fusely protected with brass mountings, but of a construction dif- ferent from the preceding volume.
The Psalms of David in French Meter and Music. 1707. Curiously bound.
Beicht und Communion Buch. By J. P. Freseni. Printed 1748. Exhibited for its odd form.
Zionitischer Weyrauchs Hügel. Germantown : Christoph Saur, 1739.
This book contains a preface, written at Ephrata, Pa., 14th of Fourth- month, 1739, which, with the title-page, covers fourteen pages; seven hun- dred and ninety-two pages of hymns, and fourteen pages of index. It is dedi- cated "To all solitary Turtle Doves, cooing in the wilderness as a spiritual harp-playing in the many times of divine visitation." There are a number of facts in the bibliographical history of the Weyrauchs Hügel, any one of which would be enough to make it a remarkable publication. It was the first book printed in German type in America. It was the first book from the justly cele- brated and prolific colonial press of Christopher Saur, of Germantown. . . . The Weyrauchs Hügel is the largest and most important collection of hymns of the Ephrata cloister. . . . As the edition was small, and the book was in common use for devotional purposes, it has become extremely scarce, nearly all of the few known copies being imperfect .- SAMUEL W. PENNYPACKER'S Historical and Biographical Sketches, Philadelphia, 1883.
ALMANACS.
[Mr. Cassel's display, it should be understood, is merely re- presentative of the exceedingly large collection in his library. He selected for exhibition specimens of special periods, of noteworthy classes and of local importance. This remark applies to his con- tribution of books, periodicals, broadsides, and almanacs, as well as of manuscripts, vorschriften, rare old letters, and documents. Of almanacs, at one time he had at least one thousand copies, and at present he retains about four hundred ; and of periodicals and newspapers he had over seven thousand specimens from nearly all parts of the world. ]
Haushaltungs und Haus-Artzney Kalender für das Jahr. 1714.
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Three Christopher Saur's Calendars. 1740, 1746 and 1752. Samples from an extensive collection in possession of the ex- hibitor of this noted publication.
Calendar. Printed by N. Hasselbach, Tschesnut (i. e. Chestnut) Hill. 1764.
Calendar for 1772. Eplirata.
Calendar for 1774. Philadelphia : Henrich Miller.
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