Henrich Leatherman Bookplate in 1848 Zions Harfe, (painting).

Henrich Leatherman Bookplate in 1848 Zions Harfe, (painting).

Unknown, painter.

Henrich Leatherman Bookplate in 1848 Zions Harfe, (painting).

A fractur bookplate reading: "Diese kleine geistliche Harfe gehoret mir Henrich Leatherman, New Britain in Bucks County, 1854." The text is enclosed in a wreath-like circle of pale green with darker twists, a red outer outline, and black inner outline. A border in yellow is separated by green diamonds around a wide green, red, and yellow tulip. In the corner are yellow and green buds, and a yellow and green petal. A box below is bordered in a yellow, red, and green design with a motto. The bottom box has a green, red and yellow flower design with yellow and red leaves.

Primitive -- Fractur

Homage -- Leatherman, Henrich

Mennonite Historians of Eastern Pennsylvania, Mennonite Heritage Center, 565 Yoder Road, P.O. Box 82, Harleysville, Pennsylvania 19438 Accession Number: 88-13-1

The bookplate is in a 1848 Zions Harfe (hymn book), which belonged to Henrich Leatherman of New Britain Township, Bucks County in 1854.

Mennonite Historians of Eastern Pennsylvania, 1988.

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