Lot no. 139
Liber amicorum - Pomerania
Family book of a field preacher with ca. 229 entries from Pomerania with 13 partly watercoloured pen and ink drawings. Circa 1759-1771. 325 hs. pag. p. (the 1st and a few further p. missing). Landscape 8°. Calf leather on 4 boards with three marbled boards. Gilt edges and rich floral-vegetable gilt embossing (rubbed, bumped, corners partly scuffed, missing part at head).
Contains mainly German, some French and Latin as well as occasional Greek and Hebrew entries by numerous (field) preachers and military officers of various regiments as well as noblemen. The entries are mainly German, Latin, Greek and Hebrew, signed with "Diener", "Bruder", "Schüler" and "Freund" by numerous (field) preachers and soldiers of various regiments as well as noblemen, some doctors of medicine and others from Belgard, (monastery) Bergen, Berlin, Cergow(a), Cottbus, Halle, Jagow, Körlin, Neuruppin, Pasewalk, Potsdam, Prenzlau, Roggenhagen, Stettin, Zernikow von: Chr. Beck (preacher in Halberstadt), field preacher J.G. Bessel (field preacher Prince Ferdinand Reg.), Victor Frédéric Amadée von Biedersse, Christian Friedrich Brederlow (field preacher Reg. von Seelhorst), Christian Wilh. Deutsch, H.Ch. v. Greifenberg, Joh. David Hempel (Medic. Doctor Colberg), F. Herzberg, August Ludwig Herwig (Johanniter in Schönfließ), J.H., H.W., W.L. and others v. Holtzendorff, field preacher Joh. Friedr. Langner, Joh. Christoph von Mahlen (1720-1789, Obrist Dragoner-Reg.), Maximilian von Mauschwitz, Georg Friedrich von Sydow (1705-1771), von Wissmann, von Woisky (Major Reg. von Lölhöffel), Lieutenant Wurmb (Reg. von Lölhöffel) etc. - The drawings (1 signed by J.G. Krau) show 2 fortress ground plans, angels, bobbing children, a view, etc. - With incomplete aut. Register from A-F. - Partly with probably contemporary a. eh. biogr. With probably contemporary annotations of the owner. - Approx. 5 pp. with tear, 2 pp. with tear (1 with loss of text), some minor brownstaining, otherwise generally well preserved.
Pomerania - Liber amicorum of a field preacher with approx. 229 entries from Pomerania with 13 partly watercoloured ink drawings. Contemp. calf on 4 raised bands with marbled gilt edges and rich gilt embossing (rubbed, bumped, corners partly scuffed, top of sone with missing part). - Contains mainly German, some French and Latin as well as occ. Greek and Hebrew entries from numerous (field) preachers and military personnel of various regiments as well as noblemen, some doctors of medicine and others, among others, as listed above. - The drawings (1 signed by J.G. Krau) show 2 fortress ground plans, angels, bobbing children, a view, etc. - With incomplete register from A-F.- Partly with contemp. biogr. annotations probably of the owner. - Approx. 7 leaves with tear (1 with loss of text), some minor brownstaining, otherwise overall well preserved.
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