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Ombromanie Deuxième Série - Shadow puppetry

Paris, France: Lith. St. Aubin, 1860. A rare book of shadow puppetry with eighteen (18) plates lithographed by St. Aubin in Paris. Each plate depicts a pair of hands arranged to create a cast shadow in the shape of an animal or a face. Examples include: "Sanglier" ("Boar"); "Écureuil" ("Squirrel"); and, "Indien Sauvage" ("Savage Indian"). The first plate depicts the "Invalid of Greenwich" using shadow puppets to entertain a young boy.

4to (9.5" by 7.75"), eighteen numbered lithographed plates with lithographed title-page. Bound in original illustrated boards.

OCLC shows 5 copies only, with only 1 copy in the United States, the rest in Europe (May 2022).

Price: $550.00

Item #22004560