(Paper Toys) VERWANDLUNGS-ABZIEHBILDER. REIZEND UBERRASCHUNG FUR DIE JUGEND. DECALCOMANIES MAGIQUES. [TRANSFORMATION DECALS. A LOVELY SURPRISE FOR THE YOUNG. MAGIC DECALS.] (FOUR VOLUMES: NR. 28/72 A, B, C AND D). [No place]: Globus, circa 1910. Oblong 12mo - 4-7/16" x 7-9/16". Color pictorial stiff paper wallet-style wrappers with images of small children surrounded by birds, butterflies, flowers, rabbits and toys printed in colors and titles printed in black and red to front wrapper, with light scattered spotting to front wrapper of "A", a single small stain to front wrapper and minor soiling to back wrapper of "B", a single small abrasion to front wrapper of "C" and minor light spotting along spine of front wrapper of "D" for what is a lovely set of these German paper toys. Hinged to the inside of each of the four front wrappers is a five panel folded lithograph panorama measuring 3-1/2" x 34-3/8" printed in black, gold and red containing the titular "magic decals;" the translated instructions from the back wrappers: "cut out the pictures exactly according to the black lines, put them in water for a minute or two, and then on which they should appear. Lightly press the pictures with a soft cloth or blotting paper, slide the paper carefully from left to right and it will pop out a completely different, very pretty, colorful picture." The pictures on the lithograph panorama in "A" are all of animals, in "B" are all of birds, in "C" are all of toys, and in "D" are all of small children; what colorful pictures these images turn into have remained a secret for over a century; all four books are unused and as issued. The condition of these four antique German paper toys is NEAR FINE. RARE #001065