Artistic Pussy And Her Studio Moving Pictures With Other Tales; A Movable ToyBook
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 clown ordering a meal with his menu, upon moving, revealing prices, and a lad clubbing another who is trying to enter a window to obtain an apple treat. In all the Meggendorfer oeuvres, not many are found in English. A very bright, fresh copy with laminated front cover providing a glossy finish. Orig. yellow illustrated board front cover lettered in pink and black. Red cloth spine. Very good. Item #24683
Price: $3,500.00