SOLD C. Mid 19th Century German Manuscript Devotional with Fraktur Lettering and Amazing Drawings rare trade card So lovely and special feeling

So lovely and special feeling

True 1940s deadstock

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Drawing itself meanders 5 3/4” x 3”

And a pretty great face it is

SOLD C. Mid 19th Century German Manuscript Devotional with Fraktur Lettering and Amazing Drawings rare trade card So lovely and special feelingI 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,