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THE MOTOGRAPH MOVING PICTURE BOOK.
réf. 53487London Bliss Sands & Co. 1898. FIRST COLOURED ENGLISH EDITION 1898 4to 300 x 235 mm 11¾ x 9 inches cloth backed boards large coloured illustration to upper cover specially commissioned from Toulouse Lautrec by the original French publishers adverts on endpapers. 23 full page coloured illustrations attributed on title page to F.J. Vernay Yorick etc. printed 1 side only. Most are very interesting: Water Mill Serpentine Dancer Harlequin Traction Engine Mortar Mill Steamboat Volcano Scissors Grinder The Cat and Cherub little black boy crying in bath-tub watched by cat House on Fire etc. 3 are geometric. The book was issued with a 'transparency' rectangular sheet of clear plastic mounted in card frame housed in pocket inside upper cover. When moved over the pictures it produced an illusion of movement. Corners very slightly worn board edges slightly worn covers slightly dusty upper cover slightly rubbed 2 small stains and some scratches to lower cover spine slightly faded endpapers lightly browned transparency split vertically with a small closed tear see image. An occasional pale fingermark to margins otherwise contents clean small piece missing from lower blank corner of 1 plate tiny closed tear with tiny chip to lower margin of Butterfly plate. A very good copy with original transparency damaged as noted. An uncoloured edition with only 13 plates and without the Toulouse Lautrec cover was published the same year. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING ALL ZOOMABLE FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST AND ALL PARCELS SENT FULLY TRACKED AND FULLY INSURED. London, Bliss, Sands & Co., 1898. hardcover
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