- Nouveaute! Livre de Metamorphoses

Paris, Not Stated, c1850 . Paperback. A very scarce, vibrantly illustrated children's lift the flap book, presenting a vast array of unusual characters. A vanishingly scarce work.Illustrated in colour, this work displays twelve unusual and vibrantly illustrated figures, with eleven folding flaps that can be used to change the head, body, and legs of each character.Collated, lacking one flap.Undated; dated circa 1850 via the Bodleian Library.A very scarce mid nineteenth century children's work, produced in France. In the publisher's original illustrated paper wraps. Wraps lightly age toned to perimeters, with light handling marks. Front wrap detached to head and tail, and a touch tenderly held. Internally, binding a touch tender. Pages age toned, but clean. Only one flap lacking. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .

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