Handgeschrieben Deutsch Buch

Handwritten German Manuscript

Diary of an Augsburg Woman for 1834

We have the most amazing manuscript here; a handwritten diary from 1834 in German. The script is just gorgeous; what fine handwriting people used to have!

• The book has two marbles boards binding it.
• On the cover is an extraordinary image of two fantastical figures, a bird in a top hat and a musician playing. They are in color.
• There are 120 pages in the diary; about half are numbered.
• The dates inside the text are all from the year 1834.
• The location of the events described is Augsburg, Germany, which is also where the book is from.
• The pages are not all attached to the boards, the first 26 pages have come off the spine, as have the rest of the pages.
• There are two sections of pages, and one can see the threads that had sewn them together.
• No pages are missing; the book is complete.
• The author appears to be Ursula ‘Zaactenbacker’; I can’t quite make out the family name for sure.
• Unfortunately I cannot read German, and the beautiful script makes it even harder to make out. However, it’s so carefully written that a German-speaker should have no problem.
• Perhaps this belongs in an Augsburg museum; it records the events of 1834.
• There is water damage through the upper right quadrant of the last 60 pages or so; it is very old damage, so it’s dried into a dark shadow.

This is a very rare, unique item. I hope it finds the right home. Please examine the photos for description and condition. Ask questions.

Thank you for looking!