posted on July 24, 2004 02:56:33 PM new
Hello everyone ! I have a local lady looking for info on this German book and I can't even make out the first letter of the title.I can tell it's German and thats about it. Thanks as always !
posted on July 24, 2004 03:12:50 PM new
Could it be a C? Colenser? See if it looks like the first letter in the author's name, below--looks like Carl but it's too small for me to tell. If that's Carl, and the C is roughly the same as the big letter above, we might have a winner.
posted on July 24, 2004 03:13:36 PM new
The word might be Calendar, too?! If you can post a larger picture of the lower half of that page, I might be able to help a bit with the German.
[ edited by SuzyQ37 on Jul 24, 2004 03:14 PM ]
posted on July 24, 2004 03:14:37 PM new
Toasted, german is so much harder than the other 'foreign' stuff, ugh, not a pleasant research task! Sorry I cant help.
But somebody's husband here speaks it or some other though I cant remember who - if they are around maybe they can provide something!
You know, I'm almost inclined to think it's some kind of specialized calendar, maybe an almanac, for the year 1841.
I couldn't get anywhere Googling for translation of the title but I did find a link for Carl Friedrich Egelmann. The info about him is about 3/4 of the way down the page and the birth and death dates look about right.
posted on July 24, 2004 03:33:05 PM new
You guys and Gals are the Best !! Megan only sent the one picture ...I enlarged it on my computer and took a picture of the bottom part ...so this picture is really bad
Here's another link. Quite a ways down the page is an entry for: Western Patriot and Canton Almanack Ohio Egelmann, Charles Peter Kaufmann & Co. Ohio Canton 1847
Nothing like a good mystery to give me an excuse to typing listings!
Not to mention the sun's WAY over the yardarm. Time for some Two-Buck-Chuck!
Edited to add... I did an eBay search for Western Almanac, completed. There were a few that were written in English. The author was Charles Egelmann. In German that would be Carl.
Editing again... German Almanac search on eBay turns up a few auctions.
Lucy
[ edited by OhMsLucy on Jul 24, 2004 04:36 PM ]
[ edited by OhMsLucy on Jul 24, 2004 04:40 PM ]
posted on July 24, 2004 05:07:04 PM new
Thanks again MsLucy she was tickled to death that we found out it was a calender/almanac . Her e-mail back was "WOW that is awsome... I didn't know all that I guess I kinda got something that I might want to keep. Thank you for that info and I can also scan the inside of the book to show you what is in it if you want me to." I gave her date of birth and death of the guy also.Told her to buy a frame and frame it. It would be a great conversational piece to have hanging in her house.
Lucy