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[Games and toys. Theatre]. Collection of 13 handcol. lithogr. background scenes,
each ±30x40 cm., 10x w. 6 handcol. lithogr. side scenes, w. ±150 handcol. lithogr. figures and props, all mounted on board/ paper, handcol. lithogr. proscenium, Mainz, J. Scholz, n.d. ±1880-1890.
- Scenes, figures and props w. usual defects: occas. severed limbs and/ or heads; paper partly loosening.
= Late 19th century paper theatre by J. Scholz. Scenes of i.a. a hunting hut, a fisher's village, a throne-room, an Egyptian city, a cemetary by night, a harbour, two halls in a medieval castle, two Roman gardens and a townsquare w. shops. The figures i.a. include 35 female figures, the figures of Leonore and Polonius, a lion, the wolf from Little Red Riding Hood, 7 figures from die Zauberflöte, 65 male figures and 14 couples. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXIII.
€ (400-600) 400