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This page contains no original printing. The following is a translation of the mirrored text visible through the paper:
Likely referring to Michael Schmidt (1776–1840), known as Schmidt von Beug, a German educator and writer of hymns and schoolbooks.
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The mirrored image shows a faint decorative emblem, a common feature in 19th-century publishing to signify the printer's mark or the book's theme.
This date is fifty years later than the 1786 date found on the front of the leaf, indicating this volume might be a composite of different works or a later reprint.
The Lentner firm was a long-standing publishing house in Munich, spanning several generations.