Author: Stoudt, John Joseph
Title: The Decorated Barns of Eastern Pennsylvania
Description: Plymouth Meeting, PA, Mrs. C. Naaman Keyser, Publisher, 1945. Wraps. Stated first printing. Part of a series, this being volume 15. Wraps. Unpaginated, approximately 30-40 pp. Black and white photos and a color plate at the end of the text. A short work discussing the history and meaning of the circular designs painted on barns in Pennsylvania, mostly on ones owned by those of German descent. The author recounts the religious and folkloric meanings behind the symbols, dispelling notions that they were painted to ward off witches. GOOD condition. Moderate offsetting, toning and foxing along the front cover spine and top edge. Minor browning, foxing and soiling to the rear cover. Minor bumping and creasing along the extremities. A few pages in the beginning with light foxing. Good .

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