Petits animaux
Zurich: Max Künzli Verlag, No date [c. 1970]. Stiff wraps. 12mo (6 5/16” x 7”); [12pp]; chromolithographed pictorial of anthropomorphic insects on stiff wrapper, a butterfly wedding on the front, and a queen bee riding on a flower petal on the rear; 2 staple binding; produced as a coloring guide book with text, color pictorial to one page and the facing page in black outline; light crease to bottom corner; near fine. Not recorded. Near fine. Item #1028
The publisher, Max Künzli, of Zurich, Switzerland, had a long history of high quality chromolithography. The family was in the printing business from before 1880, and established several companies in Zurich. After his father’s death, Max took over the management of the business, Carl Künzli-Tobler, and changed the name to Max Künzli. Max’s son, Raymond, took over the business in 1965, and it closed in 1974. [Alan Petrulis, Metropostcards (dot) com]. During its heyday, it was known as a printer of viewbooks, greeting cards, and postcards, most notably, what became known as the Mainzer Cat series after Alfred Mainzer Inc of New York acquired the rights of these humorous drawings by artist Eugen Hartung. The dressed, anthropomorphic cats continue to be a highly collected postcard series today. Following in this vein of humorous anthropomorphic animals, this little coloring book features insects, reptiles, birds, and small mammals involved in play. Not in any WorldCat library and not found in the marketplace.
Price: $75.00