A hand-colored view of London, numbered in the upper right corner: 1a., John Bowles was at this address from 1740? to 1775; his son Carington Bowles was at this address from 1764 to 1793., Plate mark measures 18.5 x 27.4 cm., Library Company copy is tipped in Peter Collinson's copy of William Maitland's The history of London (London: Samuel Richardson, 1739).
Date
[between 1764 and 1768?]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare *U Eng Maitland (bw) 12049.F.1
This 18th-century German house blessing, with twelve-hour reminder, served as a model for format, though not for content, of printed Pennsylvania house blessings. See Yoder, D. Pennsylvania German broadside, p. 200-202., Printed on laid paper; hand-colored; printed area measures 38.0 x 30.3 cm., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
[178-?]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1780 Christ 10138.F (Roughwood)
Hand-colored woodcut of a clock surrounded by twelve Christian passages, with scenes depicting stages of life in each corner., "This European broadside was perhaps imported because it was attractive to residents of German heritage in southeast Pennsylvania. Although twelve-hour prayers are associated with Catholics, they were occasionally used among Pennsylvania Germans, most of whom were Protestants."--Earnest, R. Flying leaves and one-sheets, 106., Printed on laid paper; printed area measures 36 x 28.9 cm., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Lib. Company. Annual Report, 1999, p. 23-25.
Date
[ca. 1810?]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1810 Christ 9504.F (Roughwood), Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare #Am 1810 Christ 10130.F (Roughwood)
A birth and baptismal certificate, with verse in six numbered stanzas; first line: Ich bin Getauft auf deinen Namen,., Printed in Reutlingen, Germany, in the 1830s by B.G. Kurtz for the American market. At head of ornamental border is an eagle with a shield, and the banner: E pluribus unum., Printed area, including hand-painted ornamental border, measures 37.4 x 28.5 cm., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
[183-?]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare $Am 1830 Geburts 9639.F (Roughwood), Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare $Am 1830 Geburts 9640.F (Roughwood)
Putto with letter and posthorn at head; angels and birds flanking text; with type-set verse; printed area measures 36.9 x 30.5 cm, Library Company copy hand colored; completed in MS. for Martin Kelchner, son of Jacob and Anna Sheirer Kelchner, born April 11, 1841 in Richmond Township, Berks Co., Pa., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Date
[not after 1841]
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Books & Other Texts | Rare $Am 1841 Gebur 11405.F (Doret)
