15th Mar, 2019 10:30 GMT/BST

Books, Maps & Ephemera

 
Lot 155
 

155

Mich. Birk, Tuttlingen Katalog No. 14. c.1910. Org. decorative cloth; with numerous monochrome...

Mich. Birk, Tuttlingen
Katalog No. 14. c.1910. Org. decorative cloth; with numerous monochrome photographs advertsing wares and 11 colour lithographic plates (some folding, others printed both sides) depicting advertising labels, perscription blanks and similar and 9 pages of laid-down advertising labels. A well-illustrated and comprehensive trade catalogue for surgical appliances and tools, packing material and other similar matter. Most striking is the dramatic section of 'preservatives', many with shaped and textured tips, including the smiling heads of a judge, clown, soldier and others, most excitingly, 'Chantecler'. The best though are the 'Merry Widow' brand, which can be blown up 'dass es die doppelte Grosse des Kopfes eines ausgewachsenen Mannes erreicht ohne zu platzen'.

Sold for £70
Estimated at £80 - £100


 

. A little edge wear but a clean, tight copy bar the odd dusty mark.

 


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Auction: Books, Maps & Ephemera, 15th Mar, 2019

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