[Pop-up] Lustiges Automaten-Theater

Ein Ziehbilderbuch von Lothar Meggendorfer, Verlag von J.S. Schreiber in Esslingen bei Stuttgart, c. 1890. Alternating text and print with movable mechanism. Plates: (1) Das Negergigerl. Lacks only the right thumb, newspaper, pipe, mouth and eyes intact. (2) Der Tanzmeister. Complete and functioning. (3) Der Schneider. Lacks cardboard lid halfway, mechanism complete. (4) De Sonntagsjäger. Gun loose but intact, else good. (5) Die Sängerin. Small tear to cardboard lid, mechanism good and complete. (6) Der Photograph. Good and complete. (7) Die Elsässerin. Complete, cat and arm operational, milk jugs and head not so, but everything present. (8) Die Mohrenwäsche. Complete and good.

Album with edgewear, boards sl. soiled. Inside leaves partly loose as always, but the mechanical plates unusually complete and good.