De Tooverlantaarn
Struwelpeter
Scarce Dutch
edition of Warne's "The Magic Lantern Struwwel-Peter"
Movable Book - No publishing information included in the book
From references shown below: Year of
publication: [1897]
Folio. 11.75” X
9.75” 29.85 cm x 24.77 cm 12 pages
Description:
The cover has a turning wheel that reveals various scenes through an open round window on the cover.
Condition: VG
- see photos. movable cover wheel works and all pages
are clean and undamaged
Collectors
Corner:
Struwelpeter"
is a well-known German children's book by Heinrich Hoffmann, and "De
tooverlantaarn" translates to "The Magic Lantern," More about this particular book:
PJ Buijnsters and
Leontine Buijnsters-Smets, Lust and Leering. History of the Dutch
children's book in the nineteenth century . Waanders, Zwolle 2001
states:
Two mobile
'Struwwelpeters' deserve a special mention for their subject… De
Tooverlantern Struwelpeter by Rosa (Amsterdam, H . Campagne & Son,
[1897]), with turntable and rhymed text after The Magic Lantern (page 29) and then :The Magic
Lantern Struwelpeter. Retold by Rosa (Amsterdam, H. Campagne
& Son, [1897]). folio, with turning mechanism. ( page 55)
From "Movable
Stationery, Volume 5, Issue 3, 1997." Archive.org, 1997, https://archive.org/stream/movablestatione531997mova/movablestatione531997mova_djvu.txt.:
In the
year 1890, Frederick Wame & Co., based in London and New York, released a
movable book titled "The Magic Lantern Struwwelpeter." This
publication focused on a magic lantern show. In 1896, Wame and Co.
released a more streamlined version of the earlier publication titled "The
Magic Lantern Struwwelpeter." This edition simplified the design,
incorporating just one wheel within the front cover to display four images of
the girl playing with fire, and narrowed down the content to twelve stories : Following
this, a Dutch version titled "De Tooverlantaarn Struwwelpeter"
emerged in 1897. Authored by "naverteld door Rosa"—this
edition was brought to the public by Campagne & Zoon in Amsterdam.
History
of the Publishing company:
Founded
in 1818 by Cornelis Campagne in Tiel, the publishing house became renowned for
a wide range of well-crafted children's books published between 1872 and 1914.
Early on, it split into separate entities focused on printing and publishing, -
Publisher HCA Campagne was renamed HCA Campagne en Zoon and the first
children's book was published under that name in 1872:. Campagne en Zoon,
distinguished itself through high-quality children's literature, often
featuring chromolithographs. The legacy of the Campagne publishing house,
particularly its contribution to children's literature, was celebrated in an
exhibition titled "The Magic Cabinet of Campaign Tiel," showcasing
"100 forgotten children's books."
References
not mentioned above:
Luikerwaal.
(n.d.). Children's
magic lantern books. Retrieved from https://www.luikerwaal.com/newframe_uk.htm?/kinderboek1_uk.htm
Boekenmuseum. (n.d.). Campagne & Zoon. Retrieved from http://boekenmuseum.nl/nieuw/campagne.htm
Wikidata contributors. (2024, February 18). Rosa Bromet
(Q48798419). In Wikidata. Retrieved 4/22/2-024, from
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q48798419
An excellent article on Magic Lantern Books can be found here https://www.luikerwaal.com/newframe_uk.htm?/kinderboek2_uk.htm
We also highly recommend the book :Reiner Rühle: „Böse Kinder“. Kommentierte Bibliographie von Struwwelpetriaden und Max-und-Moritziaden mit biographischen Daten zu Verfassern und Illustratoren. Wenner, Osnabrück, Band 1: 1999, ISBN 3-87898-357-3; Band 2: 2019 ISBN 978-3-87898-422-1.
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