Beschreibung:

Follit (W., publisher). Punch's Locomotive Picture Gallery, circa 1840, hand-coloured lithograph on thick paper sheet, depicting Mr. Punch and accoutrements, Punch holding up a gilt picture frame with oval aperture, lettered above 'This curious print has two hundred & forty mechanical changes', and titled below, with imprint, dusty, and a few marks, original backing paper torn and creased, sheet size 28 x 22.5 cm (11 x 8.75 ins), together with two hand-coloured lithographed movable dials, one with 8 head & shoulder portraits, with oval aperture for each face, diameter 22 cm (8.5 ins) and the other with 30 differing faces, diameter 19 cm (7.5 ins), the two designed to be viewed together in different permutations through the picture frame, together with Follit (W., publisher), The Bachelor's Looking Glass, circa 1840, hand-coloured lithograph on thick paper sheet, depicting a dandy beside a dressing table, adjusting his bowtie at the mirror, with oval aperture in the glass for his visage, and an oblong aperture above in mirror frame for caption, lettered above 'Follit's Twistiturnocircuroundilorium', and with title and imprint below, dusty and spotted, original backing paper torn and creased, sheet size 28 x 23 cm (11 x 9 ins), together with a hand-coloured lithographed movable dial with 32 differing faces, each with a printed caption above, diameter 22 cm (8.5 ins), plus 3 Spooner's Protean Views: No. 2 A Snow Scene; No. 5 The Magic Lantern; No. 8 St. George's Chapel Windsor Castle, lightly spotted, and some 19th-early 20th century printed sheets relating to geography and astronomy, including 18 with constellations (Qty: a folder) The two amusing movables by William Follit are rare; we have been unable to trace anything similar published by Follit who, indeed, appears to be a somewhat obscure publisher whose output was sparse.