Lot 284
BRUCKMANN Juvenile Gallery, Joys & Cares of Childhood

Estimate: $750 - $1,000

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Bruckmann, Frederick The Juvenile Gallery, Illustrating the Joys and Cares of Childhood

Offered for sale by Fred Pajerski Of 'Fred Pajerski: Photography Books' - for more information please contact him via email at fredpajerski@gmail.com

Frederick Bruckmann. The Juvenile Gallery, Illustrating the Joys and Cares of Childhood. Twelve scenes photographed from life, with appropriate verses. (New York: Geo. Kirchner and Co., [1879]). [2], 28 p. of text (i.e., verse), 12 leaves of plates. Printed by Knorr and Hirth, Munich.

An extraordinary volume of illustrations of children, studio photographs from life, with elaborate settings and props, reproduced as mounted Woodburytypes. 12-1/2" x 9-1/2", with oval images 8" x 6-1/2". The titles of the images are Little Ann at the Well; The Boy and the Sparrow; The Wedding; Our Little Gardener; The Little Anglers; The Mother's Treasure; The Good Child; Parting from the Hobby-Horse; The Sabbath Morn; For Mother's Birthday; At the Fruit Stall; Outward Bound. Gift inscription on front flyleaf, dated Sept. 16, 1880. Rare. Very good.