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Miniature Peepshow.
Circa 1820: 1820. A miniature peepshow measuring 50 x60 mm (landscape), and some 170 mm deep when fully extended. Comprising of six hand-coloured engraved panels, the first five having cut-outs, so that the scene can be viewed three-dimensionally when placed to the eye. The scene depicted is that of a rural idyll. The location is probably France or Germany. The original slipcase is missing so there is no imprint or date, but circa 1820, and of French or possibly German origin. The bellows have been restored; the cloth slipcase is recent. Miniature peepshows are extremely rare.
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TELEORAMA. Ein Geschenk fur die Jugend.
Probably Vienna: Probably H. F. Muller, No date [circa 1825]. An accordian style peepshow with six hand-coloured etched cut-out panels, plus a removable hand-coloured back-slide, showing the Sanssouci Palace and its terraced garden, in Potsdam. The cut-out front face measures 12.2 x 15 cm. The peepshow expands to approximately 74 cm. It is contained in the original hand-coloured pictorial slipcase. Case torn a little at front thumb-insert; case a little rubbed; else an excellent copy of a peepshow intended specifically for children, complete with the often missing removable back-slide. See Hyde, 'Paper Peepshows,' page 79.
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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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THE STORY OF CHRISTMAS. Written by Vivyen Bremner. Drawn by Olive Openshaw. A Werner Laurie Show Book. Devised by Jack S. Chambers. Serie B Number 1 %/-.
London: T. Werner Laurie Limited, No date [1952]. 3 pages of text; 6 coloured scenes; coloured bellows still in place and secured as issued, all ready to be made into a peepshow of the nativity. Original cloth-backed paper-covered boards. Oblong: 178 x 220 mm. Boards and spine a little rubbed; else a very good copy, rarely found unmade as issued.
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THE THAMES TUNNEL. Leben und Treiben im Tunnel in London. La vie agitee dans le tunnel de Londres.
More details Price: £2,000.00
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THE TUNNEL CALAMITY. Unexpected appearance of the Uluus (thought to have been extinct for over a century) in the tunnel connecting East Shoetree and West Radish. St Frumble’s Day, 1892.
New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1984. A peepshow of eight die-cut sections, view from a peephole in the front pictorial board through to the rear pictorial board. Folded: 165 x 175 mm. Gorey’s printed name crossed though and signed by Gorey. Price erased from rear board; just a little marked on the back board also; else a very good copy.
More details Price: £300.00