by Ernest Nister · Montena · tapa dura · ISBN 9788475153773
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«El país de las sorpresas» is a children's book with revolving pictures by Ernest Nister, published by Montena in hardcover (12 pages, in Spanish).
The book is a facsimile reproduction of an old children's book with revolving pictures created in 1892: as its circular plates are turned, the illustrated scenes transform, accompanied by delicate verses. It thus recovers the original mechanism of Victorian movable books and their classic aesthetic.
1983 edition, published in Madrid within the collection «Imágenes giratorias»; reproduces one of Ernest Nister's first movable books.
Recommended for children and for collectors of old children's books or those interested in Victorian illustration.
Ernest Nister (1841–1906) was a German publisher and printer of movable books for children and paper ephemera such as greeting cards, post cards and calendars. He was born in Darmstadt, Germany and later had an office in London. He refined the techniques used in the design of "magic windows", "dissolving picture" and pop-up books, publishing them from his firm in Nuremberg, a toy-making center of the 19th century.
