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Haus Chronik [Family Album], German Genealogy Records Book

Weinzierl, Franz Xaver · Germany

Author: Weinzierl, Franz Xaver
Date: c.1900
Place: Germany
Publisher: Franz Xaver Weinzierl
Language: English
Binding: Small folio. 13-3/4" x 10-1/2" . Spectacular Leather bound volume with Angel and Haus Chronik on cover, circa 1900 by noted leather craftsman and book binder Franz Xaver Weinzierl. The leather bound boards are finely tooled, polychrome and gilt in the German Arts & Crafts style with the full standing figure of a winged guardian angel holding two shields or coats of arms displaying the symbol of charity (heart) and hope (anchor) below a carved and engraved title Haus Chronik, signed lower right F.W. on front cover. Opening to reveal marbled endpages and 17 hand calligraphy pages in aubergine ink with red capitals including a table of contents listing hand numbered pages and categories for various family histories and events including a family tree, family coat of arms, marriages, and children, with each section titled in calligraphy throughout the 350 total pages. The UNUSED book with blank pages contained in the original box with over fitting lid. Franz Xaver Weinzierl is listed as an exhibitor at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair as well as the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair.
Category: Architecture, Art & Craft
Record: S.I.3345

Title: Haus Chronik [Family Album], German Genealogy Records Book

Place: Germany or Austria

Publisher: Franz Xaver Weinzierl

Dates: c.1900

Number of volumes: 1

Description: 8vo. (8-1/4" x 6-1/4") Full brown morocco, marbled endpaper with all edges tinted green.

Small folio. 13-3/4" x 10-1/2" . Spectacular Leather bound volume with Haus Chronik and an Angel on cover, circa 1900 by noted German leather craftsman and book binder Franz Xaver Weinzierl. The leather bound boards are finely tooled, polychrome and gilt in the German Arts & Crafts style with the full standing figure of a winged guardian angel holding two shields or coats of arms displaying the symbol of charity (heart) and hope (anchor) below a carved and engraved title Haus Chronik, signed lower right F.W. on front cover. Opening to reveal marbled endpages and 17 hand calligraphy pages in aubergine ink with red capitals including a table of contents listing hand numbered pages and categories for various family histories and events including a family tree, family coat of arms, marriages, and children, with each section titled in calligraphy throughout the 350 total pages. The UNUSED book with blank pages contained in the original box with over fitting lid. Franz Xaver Weinzierl is listed as an exhibitor at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair as well as the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair.

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