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Books, Autographs & Prints / Part II

Wednesday 31 March 2021, 03:00 PM • Rome

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Lemercier de Neuville, Louis

Les Pupazzi noirs. Ombres animées, 1800

Estimate

€ 100 - 200

Sold

€ 115

The price includes buyer's premium

Information

P., Mendel, s.d. (1896). In 8th. With 53 & nbsp; animated shadow models and 56 boards that & nbsp; illustrate the mechanism, light but constant burnishing, & nbsp; sporadic blooms, binding & nbsp; of the century. XX in blue calfskin with author and title stamped in gold on the back.

Specialist Notes

& nbsp; The French writer and journalist (Laval 1830 - Nice 1918), made himself known with a puppet theater, for which he composed numerous satirical comedies ( Téâtre des puppets, 1866- 76; Nouveau théâtre des puppets , 1882). He also wrote an H istoire anecdotique des marionnettes modernes (1891).

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