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FRAKTUR BY SPEYER.

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FRAKTUR BY SPEYER.
Birth certificate by Georg Frederich Speyer (Pennsylvania, active 1774-1801.) Printed and decorated on laid paper. For Johan Peter Trion, son of Michael and Ima Jane Trion, born March 11, 1790, in Heidelberg Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Brightly decorated with angels, flowers, and parrots. Imperfections. 13"h. 16"w., in a modern frame, 15"h. 18"w.

For other Speyer fraktur with related motifs, see Shelley, The Fraktur-Writings or Illuminated Manuscripts of the Pennsylvania Germans, figures 191, 192, and 248.

Condition:
Toning, some spotting/staining, moderate wrinkling, some trimming and minor marginal damage, small hole in text.

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