{"product_id":"pennsylvania-german-1856-devotional-herz-des-menschen-the-heart-of-man-with-best-cover-and-engravings","title":"Pennsylvania German 1856 Devotional, Herz Des Menschen (The Heart of Man), with Best Cover and Engravings","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis completely thrilled me when I found it, at an antique shop that was my first stop on Pennsylvania last week. I was sold on the cover alone, but then a series of engravings inside very closely related, each as good as the next, and making me think of antique retablo paintings as much as anything, very gothic! Photos give a good sense, though the yellow of the cover is all the richer and more dramatic feeling in hand. The book is the Christian devotional Herz Des Menschen (The Heart of Man) by \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eJohannes Gossner, this copy, in German, fraktur lettering, printed by \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-copy-service-computed-style='font-family: \"Google Sans\", Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);'\u003eTheo F. Scheffer in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1856. 72 pages, 10 plates. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 6 1\/2\" x 4 5\/16\", 72 pgs. All engravings shown. Good condition, general wear to the paper board covers, fairly minor toning to some interior pages, Inscription on first inside page as shown, 1856.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"critical EYE Finds","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48141065486590,"sku":null,"price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0015\/5022\/1382\/files\/IMG_20212.png?v=1777489896","url":"https:\/\/www.criticaleyefinds.com\/products\/pennsylvania-german-1856-devotional-herz-des-menschen-the-heart-of-man-with-best-cover-and-engravings","provider":"critical EYE Finds","version":"1.0","type":"link"}