Accession number
PML 88476
Published
[Nuremberg] : T.B. [Theodor Brand], [188-?]
Credit line
Gift of Julia P. Wightman, 1991.
Notes
"TB. Made in Germany."--t.p.
Images and typography seem to be somewhat earlier than the reproduction in Haining.
Theodor Brand, the book's inventor, obtained a German patent for the book in 1878, and a British patent followed a year later.
"In order to produce the sound, gently pull out the cord underneath the arrow on the text accompanying each picture"--inside upper cover.
Book has sounding box and nine pull-cords. Animal voices imitated by miniature bellows, when cords are pulled.
8 large, full-color lithographs, facing a poem about each sound.
Stamp of Charles Morrell, Dolls, Toys, Games & Fancy Goods, &c, 368 Oxford Street, W. inside upper cover.
Images and typography seem to be somewhat earlier than the reproduction in Haining.
Theodor Brand, the book's inventor, obtained a German patent for the book in 1878, and a British patent followed a year later.
"In order to produce the sound, gently pull out the cord underneath the arrow on the text accompanying each picture"--inside upper cover.
Book has sounding box and nine pull-cords. Animal voices imitated by miniature bellows, when cords are pulled.
8 large, full-color lithographs, facing a poem about each sound.
Stamp of Charles Morrell, Dolls, Toys, Games & Fancy Goods, &c, 368 Oxford Street, W. inside upper cover.
Description
[1], 8 leaves : col. ill. ; 32 x 24 cm
Provenance
From the library of Julia P. Wightman.
Binding
Publisher's box-form book of red cloth with full color lithographed label on upper cover. Carved and gilt wood edges with 9 pull cords with ivory knobs.
Classification
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