Item Info

Creation Date: 2/25/1812
Scripts/Text: Roman script
Language: English
Weiser Number: 816
Physical Description: Leaf
Material: Laid paper; watercolor; ink
Transcription:

Benjamin \ Cassel \ His Assistant \ Cost 14 Shilling \ The 25 February \ In the year of our Lord \ 1812 \ 1812

Category: Bookplate (Bücherzeichen)
Media Type: Manuscripts
Source: Rare Book Department
Notes:

Hand-drawn; hand-colored; hand-lettered. The text in Roman script extends across the document. It is bordered on the left and top by flowering vines and two rosettes. The entire document is enclosed in a decorative border. This bookplate has been removed from the book for which it was made. The reference to “His Assistant” likely refers to a printed arithmetic book called A Schoolmaster’s Assistant, first published in 1743. It is possible that Benjamin Cassel (1795-1862) made this bookplate for himself. For more biographical information on Benjamin Cassel, see Hershey, This Teaching, p. 176.

Associated Names: Cassel, Benjamin
Provenance: Henry S. Borneman

Bibliography:

Mary Jane Lederach Hershey, This Teaching I Present: Fraktur from the Skippack and Salford Mennonite Meetinghouse Schools, 1747-1836 (Intercourse, PA: Good Books, 2003), published as plate 83.

Creation Place Town/Township: Creation Place Note:Based on design characteristics
Region/County:[Montgomery]
City/Town/Township:[Skippack]
State/Province:[Pennsylvania]

Image Dimensions Width: 16.8 cm
ShelfMark: FLP 434
Creator Name: Anonymous - Decorator
Anonymous - Scrivener