78/1938
[Games and toys]. Het Schaduwbeelden-Theater (Chineesche Schimmen) met beweegbare figuren. Eene vroolijke uitspanning voor Jong en Oud.
N.pl., Sala-spelen, n.d. (±1890), 20 silhouet figures, mostly w. hinging parts w. metal handles for moving them, orig. textbooklet/ manual ((14)p., 2 ills., orig. wr.), loose as issued in orig. board box (±33x48x3,5 cm.) w. mounted col. lithogr. depiction of a proscenium and stage w. an orchestra below the stage, the stage scene itself opening on hinges to reveal transparent paper on which to project the shadows of the silhouettes.
- Box sl. dam./ defective; transparent paper w. some tears (closed w. tape).
= Nice game, the silhouettes depicting i.a. a dentist with his patient, a constable, a drunkard, a baker, a lady drinking tea, a lighthouse, a boat with col. portholes and a locomotive w. carriages. The included booklet contains a number of possible plays to be performed. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XLVII.