Germany Buttons

I am lucky enough to know a family from Missouri who has lived in Munich Germany many years and come to Missouri once a year to visit family. Anyway Carl is a book collector and seller of antique books so he always brings me books because I love books also. Mostly he has brought me antique German Bibles from 1700-1800's.
He did great this year and brought me a book on buttons. I can't read it however the pictures are wonderful. This is the cover of the book.
                                                         

 How I would love to have these black buttons with the gold trim, gorgeous

 I like the black and white contrast also of these buttons

 This is the wonderful glass buttons he brought me and I love them ,they are still attached to the material from where he purchased them

I hope you enjoy looking at these, can anyone out there year these German words? 

Janice