Description: C 1830 ORIGINAL SUMNYTAUN PENNSYLVANIA-GERMAN MAZE AS SALVATION BROADSIDE Geistlicher Irrgarten: Mit vier Gnadenbrunnen, dadurch kürzlich angedeutet werden: erstlich, die vier Ströme des Paradieses...Sumnytaun: Gedruckt und zu haben beym Dutzend und Einzelnen, bey E. Benner, nd but circa 1830. Printed broadside. 15¾ inches x 12 inches. Light age wear else very good A Christian devotional broadside in which Christian life is represented as a journey through a maze. The typographical layout of the text follows a maze-like pattern. See Brandt, Trevor Carl, Perplexion and Pleasure: the Geistlicher Irrgarten Broadsides in the German-American printshop, home, and mind. See also Wellenreuther, Citizens in a Strange Land, page 177. The online bibliography of German Language Broadsides hosted by Penn State lists various printings of the Geistlicher Irrgarten broadside, but we did not locate any printed in Sumnytaun as is this one.
Price: 450 USD
Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado
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Year: 1830
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Theme: Cities & Towns
