THE BRIDGES OF PARIS.
A peepshow bearing no imprint or date, but German, circa 1840. The hand-coloured front panel has a single oval viewing hole, revealing four shaped pictorial sections separated by bellows, which extend the view to the pictorial back board. The six views are numbered 1 through to 6. All sections are hand-coloured lithographs. Original slipcase with the title in German, French, and English. Case restored at edges; else a fine copy. See Hyde, ‘Paper Peepshows.’Cat. 148. This peepshow is commonly found with only three cut-out sections [Cat. 147].
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