Les Surprises Livre D’images by Guerin Muller movable book
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Les Surprises Livre D’images - ou Le Bien et le Mal
Movable tab operated Venetian Blind dissolving scenes. 6 tables, 12 scenes
Title page: Les Surprises, ou, Le bien et le mal (translates to: Surprises or good and evil)
Paris : Guerin-Müller & Cie., [approximately 1860]
Orig. Half cloth with mounted colored woodcut illu. on front board. Large 4to.
[2] pages on [6] leaves show 12 paintings: color illustrations ; 34 cm
Illustrator: Carl von Häberlin (German, 1832–1911)
Condition: Excellent – All of the movable scenes are present, original without repair, and move perfectly. See photos for wear on cover and small tears with tape around some of the tabs. The book is still well bound.
RARE: The only other copy that we have seen was sold at the Ketterer & Kunst auction in 2011 for $2,296
https://www.kettererkunst.com/details
Description:
Title page states: “containing twelve colored paintings executed with the greatest care from the original paintings by C. Haeberlin".
Each hand-colored illustration transforms or dissolves into a different illustration when the tab is pulled. The scenes shows children what to do and what to avoid. Each of the 6 tables show a virtue but when the tab is pulled it shows a vice. For example, "generosity" dissolves into "stubbornness", "work" dissolves into "pride", "docility" dissolves into " forgetfulness of duty ", etc.
About the Publisher - French movable book publisher Guérin-Müller was pre-Capendu and in business from 1850 to 1880.
Questions? E-mail us at [email protected]
Product Code: MEG-210
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