The Picture-Bible of Ludwig Denig: A Pennsylvania German Emblem Book. Facsimile Edition. Hudson Hills Press. New York, 1990.

Ludwig Denig was an American book artist from the eighteenth century. He served in the American Revolution, operated several businesses, and eventually moved to Pennsylvania where he produced his most lasting work: a manuscript Picture Bible. It was full of watercolor illustrations depicting biblical scenes but with characters dressed in the German-American attire common among Denig’s community. The work is noteworthy for its representations of colonial America and as a fine example of Fraktur–a style of colonial American folk-art–in book-form. This facsimile edition of Denig’s work showcases the scanned images on glossy paper. It also contains a scholarly text explaining the work and its significance to early American culture and art. For any collector of Pennsylvanian history or early American history in general, it proves to be a fantastic representation of this peculiar manuscript from the period.

This two-volume set is in near-fine condition. Both volumes in the original cloth, about-fine with only fading to spines. Text blocks fine. In the original slipcase, near-fine with only minor rubbing and soiling. 

A near-fine set of The Picture-Bible of Ludwig Denig.