The Aquarium : Pop-Up. c.1886.

Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, New York : McLoughlin Bros, 2020.

1 folded sheet 2 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm

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"A folder with 2 pages printed on one side of the sheet. Features a pop-up illustration consisting of two free-standing paper panels representing an aquarium. Aquarium is framed by a proscenium. A clear plastic panel covers proscenium opening. Proscenium tableau measures 21 x 19 x 8 cm. Features the poem, "The Aquarium," p. [2]. Title, imprint statement, and series transcribed from upper cover. Series transposed from between title and imprint statement. "30 cent books. No. 153.--The little showman's series--small size. Six kinds. Menagerie cages, viz.: ... The aquarium" --Catalogue of McLoughlin Bros. toy books, (1886), p. 11. An entry for this series was not found in the McLoughlin catalogue for 1882-1883. The large size editions of the Little showman's series (featuring the seasons) were published in 1884. McLoughlin catalogues for 1883 through 1885 were not available. Book is oriented so that spine is at the head of the cover. Cover and tableau printed in color by a relief process (zinc etching). "Sample page (reduced size) of our new object teaching book--in outline. ... Price 50 cts."--publisher's advertisement, lower cover. Advertisement pictorial design signed by C.J. Howard."

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January 13, 2023