The Grandpère of the MAD Fold-in

Shades of Al Jaffee and MAD Magazine . . .

A printed and folded novelty celebrating Louis XVIII, King of France, 1814-1824.
(Published by J.B. Verzy, circa 1814).

The piece unfolds to spell out the virtues of the man who ruled during the Bourbon Restoration.

Hot Stuff

The key card for the game of: Robert le Diable: Jeu des Mariages. France, circa 1820.

Schwimm, Schwamm, Schwumm

Illustrated plates from a German primer on swimming.

Carl Purkart, Vorschriften für den Schwimmunterricht (München, 1826)

Hen fight!

An engraved plate by George Cruikshank from a compilation of issues
of “London Oddities or the Theatrical Cabinet”, [London, Hodgson & Co., ca. 1822.]