Allerlei absonderliche Tiere, 40 Bilderbogen [All kinds of strange animals, 40 picture leaves], by Uriel Birnbaum. Vienna: Steyrermühl, [ca. 1926]. German.
A book comprising forty illustration leafs by Uriel Birnbaum, originally published in the Viennese weekly for children "Der Regenbogen" [rainbow], for which Birnbaum worked in the years 1925-1926. The illustrations (in German: Bilderbogen), are in the format of comic strip - each one is divided into six rectangles telling a story through pictures (each leaf about a different animal). Below each picture is a rhymed text in German.
OCLC lists one copy only.
83, [1] pages, 34 cm. Good condition. Some stains and damages. Tear on one leaf. Title page partly detached. Damages and stains on cover, tears on spine. Ownership ink stamps on two leaves. Deleted ink stamp on front cover.