Sometime in the early 1800s, the Philadelphia printer William McCulloch referred to Lancaster's Johann Albrecht as the best pressman in America. (in McCulloch's letters to the Boston printer Isaiah Thomas, who in 1810 authored the first history of American printing.).
Maybe McCulloch was easily impressed by Johann's printers' ornaments. (Hey, I am too.) Johann jazzed-up his printing with these type-metal ornaments, to brighten-up his blackletter text.
This (snowflake?) was one of John's favorites ornaments. Johann's decorations that I show above are in these books:
Jesus und Die Kraft seines Bluts: (Jesus and the Power of his Blood) by Johann Daniel Otterbein, a pastor in Dillenburg, Germany, who was associated with today's Church of the United Brethren in Christ. Printed by Johann Albrecht in Lancaster in 1790.
Der Psalter der Könings und Propheten Davids: (The Psalms of the Kings and the Prophet David) printed by Johann Albrecht in Lancaster in 1791.
Fliegender Brief evangelischer Worte an die Jugend: (Evangelistic Pamphlet [Flying Letter] to the Youth) by Ernst Gottlieb Woltersdorf, a Lutheran teacher in Germany. Printed by Johann Albrecht in Lancaster in 1794.
Das Eifrige Christenthum: (Passionate Christianity) by Thomas Watson, a Puritan pastor in England. Printed by Johann Albrecht in Lancaster in 1802. It's the first American edition, and is based on German-language editions from Basel and Frankfurt.
The covers for Johann's printed books are no great beauties. But they sure are pious.