290606 Il Chimico (The chemist). Ill. cardboard box, complete with all the test-tubes, chemical products (12 different), a plastic funnel, a brush... Joined is the booklet "Manuale del Piccolo Chimico" (Manual of the little chemist), 36 pp., ill., wire-stitched. Maker: Scuole Arti Grafiche Artigianelli Pavoniani, Milano (manual). 234x363 mm (lid of the box). c1947.
The box is illustrated with the periodic table which records the elements up to the curium discovered in 1944. Berkelium (1949) and californium (1950) are still missing. Sides of the box slightly split in parts, covers of the manual stained, otherwise very good conservation.

290531 Giuoco del Giovane Esploratore [Game of the Boy Scout]. A Boy Scout travels around the world in 80 squares. His stages are marked by the flags of the corresponding countries; these are besides illustrated by native people or animals and by typical products. Color lith. Back: Plain. Maker: Stab. [stabilimento = Fabrik] Luigi Salomone, Roma; Editore Enrico Verdesi, Corso d\'Italia 34, Roma. 438x583 mm. c1920.
Borders slightly creased and with small marginal tears, otherwise very good conservation.

310011 The tower of St. Jacques. Design: A.H. Payne after Sinnet. Hand-col. steel engraving. Back: Plain. Maker: A.H. Payne, Leipzig and Dresden. 207x250 (sheet), 138x198 mm (picture). c1860.
Modern coloring.
Small stain in the white margin, loose under passe-partout, very good conservation.

290081 CHRIST AUX EVANGELISTES (Jesus Christ and the Evangelists). The crucified Jesus between the portrays of the 4 evangelists. Design: François Georgin (1801-1863). Stencil-col. woodcut. Back: Plain. Maker: Pellerin, Épinal. 606x397 mm. c1850.
Lit.: atp [1996] 188 var. (first edition in 1827).
Bottom right the indication: "Autorisé pour le Colportage par décision ministérielle." (Allowed for peddling by decision of the minister). The margins underlaid with paper, faint browning, repaired marginal tears, one horizontal folding mark.

290004 Uncle Tom's Friends. An amusing album of transfers. Trademark "KRITIKUS". No. 81/32. Folder of 8 sheets: Uncle Tom with topper and umbrella sitting on a chair, his friends around him. Ill. covers. 3 sheets are double. Lith. Maker: Unknown, Germany. 96x112 mm (cover). c1910.
Very good conservation.

290464 "Le Prince de Hohenlohe, Maréchal de France." Bust in uniform to the left over crossed blooming branches. Picture made of needle stitches on thin white paper, partially worked out in relief. Watermark: J. Johannot. Maker: Unknown, France. 270x215 mm. c1840.
Louis-Aloys-Joachim de Hohenlohe (1765-1829) fought against Napoléon in the Royal army of the émigrés. He was made a Marshall of France in 1827. Some tiny repaired tears.

290262 LE JUIF-ERRANT (The Wandering Jew). No. 113. The wanderer, in the background a big tree and the sea with a sailing ship. Design: François Georgin (1801-1863). Stencil-col. woodcut. Back: Plain. Maker: Pellerin, Epinal. 625x403 mm. c1850.
Lit.: atp [1996] 970 (first edition in 1826).
Faint horizontal folding mark through the middle, small repaired lacks of paper and tears in the margins, borders underlaid with paper.

310017 HAVRE. Steel engraving. Back: Plain. Maker: Bibliographic Institute, Hildburghausen. 188x257 (sheet), 102x160 mm (picture). c1850.
Numbered "CLII" (152).
Loose under passe-partout, very good conservation.

310005 ST. GOAR AND RUINS OF FORT RHEINFELS. St. Goar et ruines de la fortresse Rheinfels. Design: J. Drury after W. Tombleson. Steel engraving. Back: Plain. Maker: Black and Armstrong, London. 145x230 (sheet), 97x157 mm (picture). 1832.
Probably taken from "Tombleson's Views on the Rhine". The outer white margin with some browning, loose under passe-partout, very good conservation.

290621 Illustrated fan in remembrance of Bremen. The covers are decorated with a pasted scrap showing a lush bunch of flowers inscribed "SOUVENIR". . Inside, the front displays 6 and the back 8 oval views of the city: townhall, Roland\'s statue, bridge over the Weser, Vegesack... Chromolith. (rose) & steel engraving. Maker: C. Adler, Hamburg. 255 mm diameter (unfolded). c1880.
Faintly foxed, otherwise very good conservation.

310009 Portal of the Palace of Justice in Rouen. Design: A.H. Payne after Asselineau. Steel engraving. Back: Plain. Maker: A.H. Payne, Leipzig and Dresden. 273x211 (sheet), 198x140 mm (picture). c1860.
Faint foxing in the upper right corner, loose under passe-partout, very good conservation.

290562 Asalto. The sheet is pasted on strong folding cardboard and shows the bombardment of a seaport by sailing paddle-steamers. Hand-col. lith. Maker: F. Jost, Vienna. 390x390 mm. c1880.
Lit.: Lhôte [1994] p. 391.
Asalto board (the fortress has 17 squares). We could not find any mention of the maker in our library. OSlipcase, the red color slightly smudged in places, otherwise very good conservation.

290343 H.R.H. Prince of Wales (the later Edward VII, 1841-1910). The young prince jumps out of a rowing boat of the marine. Tinted aquatint & color wood block. Back: Plain. Maker: George Baxter, 11, Northampton Square, London. 82x57 (picture), 168x123 mm (sheet). c1850.
The print bears the name of the inventor. It is pasted on a sheet with an engraved inscription in the lower left corner: title & "Printed in oil colours by G. Baxter, the inventor & patentee. Xi. Northampton Square. Licenses granted to work the process." Baxter pictures combine intaglio & relief printing: the motif is rendered by (tinted) aquatint, the colors by wood blocks. Slight folding mark in the lower right corner of the underlaid sheet, very good conservation.

290390 In the center of a card embossed with a décor of arrows & quivers, flowers etc., an oval medallion showing extremely fine die cut ornaments in a wreath of flowers & carrying a small embossed scene of 2 cherubs with torches against a burning altar (signed J.S). Folding back the medallion unveils a poem printed on blue silk in a red hand-colored frame. Back: Handwritten dedication. Maker: Johann Seidan, Prague (?) 95x65 mm. c1800.
Dainty, rare & early piece of evidence for the technique of die cut lace. Minimal defect in the medallion, a small bridge of the lace broken.

290282 Picture of 4 emperors. Wilhelm I, Friedrich Wilhelm (Friedrich III), Wilhelm (II) & crown prince Wilhelm. All four standing & in uniform. No. 8366. Stencil-col. chalk lith. Back: Plain. Maker: Gustav Kühn, Neuruppin. 400x338 mm. c1887.
Marginal tears & tiny loss of paper in the upper right corner (repaired), very faint centre-fold.

290370 Finely painted silhouette on white paper. Bust to the right of a lady. Handwritten motto below: "Mon Ombre Vous suit par tout." (My shadow follows you everywhere). Indian ink. Back: Plain. 131x90 mm. c1800.
Faint folding marks in the corners & in the lower border, otherwise very good conservation.

310006 CASTLE OF RHEINSTEIN. Chateau de Rheinstein. Design: J. Wilson after W. Tombleson. Steel engraving. Back: Plain. Maker: G. Virtue, Ivy Lane, London. 147x220 (sheet), 105x142 mm (picture). 1832.
Probably taken from "Tombleson's Views on the Rhine". The white margin min. dirtied, loose under passe-partout, very good conservation.

290445 Almost square card adorned along the sides & around the circular central medallion with pictorial elements of die cut lace (flowers). In the middle a folding back hand-painted, embossed & punched out scene: a nymph & Amor weave garlands of flowers. Under it a poem to the brother printed on pink silk. Back: Plain. 123x124 mm. c1800.
Rare & early piece of evidence for the technique of die cut lace. Tiny marginal tear, very good conservation.