Hoch-Deutsches Lutherisches A B C - Und Namen-Büchlein für Kinder Welche Anfangen zu Lernen. Neue und verbesserte ausgabe.

Philadelphia: Schäfer und Koradi, 1850. 12mo, 35 pages, publisher's original green cloth over pictorial yellow boards. Illustrated in black-and-white. Text in German. Hoch-Deutsches Lutherisches A B C- und Namen-Büchlein: für Kinder welche anfangen zu lernen is a scarce German-language Lutheran primer intended for the earliest stages of childhood education among German-speaking families, especially within the Pennsylvania German Lutheran tradition. Designed for children “who are beginning to learn,” the book combines alphabet instruction, syllabic reading exercises, simple words, prayers, and devotional or catechetical material, reflecting the close relationship between literacy and religious formation in early German-American communities. These small ABC books were practical schoolroom and household tools, typically used hard by young children, and surviving copies are often worn, incomplete, or fragile. As both a children’s primer and a Lutheran devotional teaching text, it is an appealing example of early German-American printing, Pennsylvania German education, and the transmission of language, faith, and literacy within immigrant communities. Some minor rubbing and wear, previous owner's pencil inscription, else in very good condition. Item #324

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