Lot 163
  • 163

MOVABLE/MOVING BOOKS: TOULOUSE LAUTREC, MOTOGRAPHA MOVING PICTURE BOOK, 1898; MEGGENDORFER, SCENES..., [1890]

Estimate
600 - 800 GBP
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Description

  • Two volumes comprising;
  • Paper
i) The Motograph Moving Picture Book. New York: E. P. Dutton & Co. 1898. 4to (292 x 234mm.), 23 colour illustrations by F.J. Vernay, Yorick & co., transparency in front pocket, original red cloth-backed pictorial boards designed by H. de Toulouse Lautrec, browning, transparency damaged with loss, boards soiled, rubbed ii) Meggendorfer, Lothar. Scenes in the Life of a Masher. A Movable Toy Book. London: H. Grevel & Co. [c. 1890]. 4to (349 x 248mm.), 8 colour plates with moving parts, original red cloth-backed pictorial boards, collector's red chemise and morocco-backed slipcase,  some spotting and browning, text block starting, boards soiled, rubbed (2)

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