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Nister's panorama pictures (title page)
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| Title | Nister's panorama pictures (title page) |
| Author | Nister, Ernest |
| Publisher | Nister, Ernest
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| Publisher Location | England -- London |
| Publication Date | ca. 1890-1899 |
| Printer | Unknown
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| Illustrator | Unknown
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| Image Production Process | Relief prints
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| Notes | Illustrated with relief prints, some color printed, some uncolored. Printed in Bavaria.
The book is composed of short verses about children at play and pop-up pages that show children at the zoo, farm, beach, and on a picnic.
In his introduction, Nister warns that only "unselfish, good, and kind" children can read this book and that "There's 'No Admission' for the cross, the sulky and the rude."
The title page depicts a ring master ushering children into a carnival tent. Inside the tent are men playing a trumpet and drums, a caged cat being watched by mice, and a regiment of armed dog soldiers.
Includes five double page colour illustrated pop-ups. Contributors include Clifton Bingham, Gray Severn, M. Hedderwick Browne, and F. E.Weatherly. Some of the line art is signed S. M., A. D., E. L. , and E. C.
Another publisher listed on the title page is E.P Dutton & Company (New York). |
| Contextual Notes | In 1877, Ernest Nister took over a chromolithographic shop in Nuremburg, a center for toy making in the late nineteenth century. The company was at its height of production from 1890-1900 and at his death in 1909, the company had 800 employees with publishing houses in Nuremburg, London, and New York. Nister developed new ways of creating movable books such as the "dissolving picture book" technique based on the Venetian blind principle. He also developed new paper engineering techniques, some of which were patented. In addition, Nister perfected the use of three-dimensional, multi-layered scenes which he released as "Panorama Picture Books." The company survived World War I but closed in 1927. Its archives (records and file copies) have never been found. (University of North Texas, History of Pop-Up and Movable Books website) |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Toy and movable books -- Specimens; Pop-up books; |
| Category | Activity books
Moral instruction
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| Language | English |
| Digital Collection | Children's Historical Literature Collection |
| Digital ID Number | CHL0058 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Children's Historical Literature Collection. PR1175.3 N57 1890z |
| Object Type | Book
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| Physical Description | [32] p.: illustrated; 32 x 26 cm. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Photographed from original book in TIFF format using a Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi/EOS 400D, resized and enhanced using Adobe Photoshop, and imported as JPEG2000 using Contentdm's software JPEG2000 Extension. 2009. |
| Exhibit Checklist | Exhibit Checklist L.106 |
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