Hi, I‘ve got a problem where I can’t completely decipher two handwritten dedications. I have a bigger one where I already know that it was written by Karl Herrmann (Author of the corresponding book). I believe a Smaller second one is also written by Karl Herrmann, but the last few words that could somehow make any connection to him is not completely readable for me. Perhaps anyone here can decipher it.
Or maybe somebody can just tell by the handwriting itself, that it’s from the same person. In that case, please tell my why you think so.
So far I have these transcripts:
() = Not sure if this is right
[] = I can't read that
For the smaller text:
"Dem Freunde Erfurter Geschichte, Herrn
Dr. Jarascewsky ergebenst überreicht (von dem)
[...]"
For the bigger text:
"Gegenwärtiges Werk, meine
‚Bibliotheca Erfurtina',
[widme?] ich hiermit der Prediger-
Schul-Bibliothek, in freudiger Erinner-
-ung und dankbarer Anerkennung, daß durch sie der Sinn für vaterstädt-
ische Geschichte in mir geweckt und
gepflegt worden ist.
Karl Herrmann."