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August 29, 2006: David Gontz: Pennsylvania German Bibliophile
"...David Gontz has a passion for local history. In his home, old and rare Pennsylvania German history books line antique bookshelves. Rare local documents protected by glass frames line his living-room walls, along with his wife’s art work. "
""Gontz would spend hours researching books through card catalogs. In the early ’60s, he started collecting rare books. His collection now includes works by early American printers Benjamin Franklin and Christopher Sauer, a premier (Pennsylvania) German printer of the 1740s.


