Nine Chromolithograph Proof Sheets for Meggendorfer Mechanical Picture Books

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Nine Chromolithograph Proof Sheets for Meggendorfer Mechanical Picture Books, late 19th century, consisting of the covers for the books Comic Actors, A New Movable Toybooks (London 1892),Merry Company, A Funny Movable Toybook (London 1891),Humorous Picture Book (London 1893),The Jolly Uncle (London, c. 1898),Veslyi Dyadenka (Moscow 1899),Le Paradis Terrestre (Paris 1895),Lothar Meggendorfer's Lustiger Kinder-Kalender (Esslingen 1890),Du Matin au Soir (Esslingen 1888),and Du Matin au Soir (Paris 1888); with an additional four humorous chromolithograph proof sheets from Da Musst Du Lachen, 1897.

Provenance: From the Archive of the publisher J.F. Schreiber, Esslingen.
Estimate $500-1,000

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