Author: TRANSFORMATION BOOK; MEGGENDORFER, Lothar
Title: Meggendorfers Bilder Aus Demtierleben [Pictures from Animal Life]
Description: : , 1895. Scarce, Near Fine Meggendorfer 'Transformation Pictures From Animal Life' [TRANSFORMATION BOOK]. MEGGENDORFER, Lothar. Meggendorfers Bilder Aus Dem Tierleben. [Pictures From Animal Life]. Ein Verwandlungsbilderbuch mit Versen von Julius Beck. Zveite Auflage. Inhalt: Der Storke am Teich - Der Hase - Der gescheite Pudel - Das Küchlein und die Fliege - Hänschen und Miezchen - Der Bär und die Bienen. Eslingen und München: Verlag von T.F. Schreiber, n.d. [1895]. Second edition of Schreiber book #138. Quarto (11 7/8 x 8 3/4 in; 302 x 222 mm). [16 pp.]. Title page with vignette of a coach driver, leading a horse through an archway. Six full-color 'slat' transformation plates, a total of twelve color images, with sixteen black and white text vignettes. Small, hardly noticeable archival tape repairs to lower blank margins of plates 1, & 3 only, small archival tape repair to inner blank margin of [p.4]. Three of the pull tabs (numbers 1,2 & 6) have been expertly replaced. Publisher's red cloth over blue boards, pictorial front cover featuring a poodle holding Meggendorfer's calling card in his mouth, inscribed "L. Meggendorfer;" Schreiber number "Nro. 138" at bottom left. An extraordinary copy in superb condition, with all original movable parts in full working order. Each of the six double leaves consists of a color illustrated plate (recto) and a leaf of text (verso) with all edges pasted together except for a small gap in center of lower edges from which protrudes the pull tab that allows the reader to move the slats of the plate up or down; two entirely different scenes can be viewed depending on whether the slats are fully pushed up or pulled down./ Pages of verse by Julius Beck are illustrated with small black and white vignettes. Meggendorfer created all of the pictorial elements of his books himself in pen and watercolor drawings. He then assembled the book in dummy form and had outline lithographs executed, which he hand-colored to serve as guides for the color printing. “Meggendorfer’s reputation today is based almost solely on his ingenious mechanical picture-books for children. These he began to design during the late 1880s, and many of these books went into multiple German editions besides translations into English, French, Italian, Spanish, Bohemian, Hungarian, and Russian. Deservedly, he is considered the creator and chief innovator of moveable toy books, and his printed works are eagerly sought after by collectors of historical children’s literature. He produced books with moveable figures, transformation pictures segmented into three parts and thus interchangeable, books with pop-up designs, rotating wheels as well as four-panel slat pictures which change the illustrations through movement, and simply funny picture books for children that would certainly make them laugh and generally contributed to some educational benefit” (Justin G. Schiller’s Introduction to The Publishing Archive of Lothar Meggendorfer. Original drawings, hand-colored lithographs and production files for his children’s book illustrations. Offered for sale by Justin G. Schiller, Ltd. (New York, 1975). Wegehaupt II, 2157; Krahé, Meggendorfer 21. The Plates: 1. Der Storch am Teich. The stork at the pond. 2. Der Hase. The rabbit. 3. Der gescheite Pudel. The clever poodle. 4. Das Küchlein und die Fliege. The chicken and the fly. 5. Hänschen und Miezchen. Little Hans and the kitty. 6. Der Bär und die Bienen. The Bear and the Bees. .

Keywords: MEGGENDORFER, Lothar Books in German Color Printing Movable Books


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