SOLD C. Mid 19th Century German Manuscript Devotional with Fraktur Lettering and Amazing Drawings 80s style vase 4 3/4" t measured on

4 3/4" t measured on the square

It measures 5 1/4" in diameter and 2 1/4" tall

Opening this Color-aid box and flipping through all these samples feels like pure luxury to me

shaped like an ironing board (though also a bit like a diving board) and with heavily bolted on bullet casings for legs

SOLD C. Mid 19th Century German Manuscript Devotional with Fraktur Lettering and Amazing Drawings 80s style vase 4 3/4" t measured onI often regret not having taken German, if only to be able to properly read beautiful German and Pennsylvania German fraktur lettering, but the beauty of this manuscript certainly transcends written language, and perhaps feels all the holier for my lack of capacity to readily translate it! It is what I believe would properly be described as a devotional (a prayer book, but infused with personal reflections, meditations etc.) With the assistance of AI,