[Puppet theatre] Collection of approx. 60 (rare) placards, booklets and perdiodicals

Ca. 1850 - 1970. Mostly French or German, also including Dutch and other languages, var. sizes, w. occas. defects. Comprises a.o.: (1) 7 very rare German letterpress announcement placards (incl. Marionetten-Theater "Kaspar", Auerswalds Marionetten-Theater (Dr. Faust oder: Der Höllentriumph, 2 copies) and Bruno Wünsch's Marionetten-Theater und Theatrum mundi (Räuberhauptmann Schinderhannes)). (2) Jan-Klaassen. Kluchtblad voor iedereen. Gent, July, 1891 W. lithographed text and 5 illustrations. (3) L'Enfant et le Polichinelle. Paroles et musique de Gaston Maquis. Paris, l'Eveillard, n.d. (ca. 1870). (4) La Vie Parisienne. Year 95, no. 107. November 1959. W. num. erotic (photogr.) ills. Contains the bizarre illustrated story "De la marionette au Strip-Tease".

Ex collection Otto van der Mieden. (total approx. 60)