Dean's new magic picture book : showing wonderful & lifelike effects of real distance & space : book I : contains The Crystal Palace, St. Paul's Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, The Thames Tunnel.
Alternate Title(s):
New magic picture book
Published / Created:
[London] : Published by Dean & Son, 11, Ludgate Hill, [between 1857 and 1865]
Physical Description:
[4] leaves : illustrations ; 27 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts Z1033.T68 D43 1857+ OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Related Content:
View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/vufind/Record/3908632
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Dean & Son were active at 11 Ludgate Hill from 1857 to 1865. See: Brown, P. London publishers and printers.No more published.Cover title.With publisher's advertisements on front and rear endpapers, printed on peach paper, and on back cover. Advertisements on rear paste-down include toy books and "moveable coloured picture books, each figure in the book moving in accordance with the tale."British Museum. General catalogue of printed books to 1955 (compact edition), v. 6, p. 1158Hyde, R. Paper peepshows, cat. 272BAC: British Art Center copy bound in publisher's original lavender illustrated boards. Inscribed: Edith R. Lanyer. Dulwich.Comprises four hand-colored peepshow illustrations. Each 5-panel illustration is affixed to a sheet on the lower half of which is a short text describing the scene. The accordion-hinged panels may be telescoped up from the page to create the three-dimension scene.
Subject Terms:
Crystal Palace Company (Sydenham, London, England) | Thames Tunnel (London, England) | St. Paul's Cathedral (London, England) | Westminster Abbey. | Amusements -- Great Britain -- 19th century. | Lanyer, Edith R. -- Autograph.
