Speaking Picture Book Stuttgart 1880 Boxed

The Speaking Picture Book for the Amusement of Children by Image, Verse, and Sound. Stuttgart, 1880. Folio in maroon cloth. Contains eight chromolithograph plates with accompanying text, all in fine condition. The back inside board of the final page is separated from the pull mechanism, revealing the internal workings, though all mechanisms remain complete and operational. Housed in the original wooden box with chromolithographed image on the lid, showing some loss at the upper edge and lower right corner. Some wooden slats are missing/detached. Referenced in Peter Haining, Movable Books: An Illustrated History, pages 136-137. Estimate $400 - $800

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