A cloth backed hard cover book with pictorial boards.  It is Zum Zeitvertreib fur Brave Knaben und Madchen (For good boys and girls to pass the time).  Ein Zeihblilderbuch von Lothar Meggendorfer. München: Braun & Schneider, c. 1880's.  Includes eight (8) hand-colored movable plates and nine (9) pages of text for this classic of paper engineering. The text on the facing page tells the story of the plate.  Each page has a number of moving parts joined with coiled wire to allow the "picture to move". The plates are: Die Gouvernante (The Governess); Die Billardspieler (The Billards Player); Die Schmetterlingsfanger (The Butterfly Catcher); Der vergessene Hausschlüssel (The Forgotten Housekey); Der Gratulant (The Well-Wisher); Der durstige Kasperl; (The Thirsty Punch [and Judy]); Der gesangene Turko (The Singing Turk); Der Äpfeldieb (The Apple Thief). Meggendorfer was the inventor of this genre and by most standards still considered the best. c1880s.  Condition: moderate wear throughout.  Bends to base of cover.  Two tabs have been replaced --  Der durstige  Kasperl, one with a replaced tab has a minor functional defect - the menu doesn't retract without manual assistance (could most likley be repaired).  The butterfly net is missing from  Die Schmetterlingsfanger.  Otherwise complete and functional.  Measures  12 3/'4" x 9 1/2".