Sold for:
$275
$275
[Blow Book] Zauber Bilderbuch. [Germany], ca. 1875. Publisher's pictorial, color wraps with cloth tape binding as issued. Hand-colored "blow book," the pages of which change many times as the performer flips through them. The book shows the alphabet, stamps, domestic scenes, animal and pastoral images, and silhouettes. A magnificent hand-colored image of a wizard fills the first page. Many pages hand-tinted with watercolors. Instructions and title page printed in three languages. Worn at extremities, but overall good condition.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2010-01-30