Pfingstrosen or Pentecost Roses by Karl Gerok

The book features a unique look at the poetry by the great Karl Gerok, text is in old font german and lots of nice illustrations.

Karl Gerok (January 30, 1815 Vaihingen - January 14, 1890 Stuttgart) was a German preacher and religious poet. He studied at Tübingen, and became chief court preacher and chief consistorial councillor in Stuttgart in 1868. His sermons, and particularly his religious poetry, were much admired. The chief collection of the latter is entitled Palmblätter (“Palm leaves,” 1857; 17th ed., 1871). It was translated into English by Brown (London, 1869). This and Pfingstrosen (“Pentecost roses,” 4th ed., 1870) made him famous. He also published Blumen und Sternen (“Flowers and stars,” 3rd ed., 1870) and, during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71, patriotic effusions under the title of Deutsche Ostern (“German Easter”).

Copyright 1883

Pages: 184 pages

Publisher: Kohler, Philadelphia

The book measures approx. 6 by 4 inches. The hardcover is nice with some light wear and rubbing. The spine end is good. The boards and corners are in good shape, some rubbing through and fraying on the very tips. The hinges and binding are tight and strong. The pages are bright and clean with some very minor wear, period name and address on second front page, book is very nice. Shipping weight is 4 pounds