London: H. Grevel & Co, ca.1889. Megendorfer, Lothar. First edition. Hardcover. 33 x 23.5 cm. 8 chromolithographed moveables by Meggendorfer, with movable tabs: Angler, Naturalist, Forgotten Latchkey, Lion, Elephant, Portrait Painter, Musician, Pianist. FIRST EDITION OF THIS COLLECTION OF MOVABLES FROM THE FATHER OF THE POP-UP. While some of the..... More
Esslingen bei Suttgart: J.F. Schreiber, 1891. First edition. Stiff Boards. 104 pages. 29 x 21 cm. Satiric and humorous hand colored and monochrome wood-cuts, This publication published in 57 issues starting 1888, Meggedorfer being influential in content and appearance, some stories in pictorial form a la the modern comic strip..... More
Munich: Verlag Braun & Schneider, ca1890. Boards. Unpaginaged. 33 x 25 cm. Cover title, a pop-up book with eight full-page chromolithographed plates, each with a movable tab to set the scene in motion. The poems describing each plate are captioned: Die Gouvernante, Der Billardspieler, Der Schmetterlingsfanger, Der Gratulant, Der vergessene..... More
Munich: Verlag Braun & Schneider, ca1890. Boards. Unpaginaged. 33 x 25 cm. Cover title, a pop-up book with eight full-page chromolithographed plates, each with a movable tab to set the scene in motion. The poems describing each plate are captioned: Die Gouvernante, Der Billardspieler, Der Schmetterlingsfanger, Der Gratulant, Der vergessene..... More
Chicago: Thompson & Thomas, [1890]. Meggendorfer. First edition. Hardcover. Large folio, 31 x 23 cm. 8 full page movable color illustrations. Lothar Meggendorfer designed and illustrated masterpiece, featuring eight full-page pulling tab movable scenes by Meggendorfer, with superb transforming images such as three women with spyglass, a butterfly catcher, a...... More