Catálogo Especial de Juguetes Mecánicos, Ópticos, Eléctricos é Instructivos. Edición 1912
Nuremberg: Gebrüder Bing, 1912. Quarto (29 x 22 cm). Original dark blue publisher's cloth with title and company logo stamped to front cover; (x), 382, (xiii) pp. Profusely illustrated. Minor soiling and handling wear, very slight soiling and abrasions to cover, overall about very good. Gebrüder Bing was a German toy company founded in Nuremberg in 1863 by two brothers, Ignaz and Adolf Bing. The company began by originally producing pewter and copper utensils and tableware before beginning to make toys in 1880. Best known today for its toy trains and live steam engines, Bing also made teddy bears and a range of other non-toy products including scientific and educational items, kitchen and tableware, office equipment, and record players.
The company's first trains were manufactured in the 1880s. Bing adopted the standardized track gauges previously established by Märklin, and added on two additional gauges, O gauge and gauge III. They also produced trains for export to be sold both under their own name, such as trains for the North American market, and by other companies, including trains for the British market sold by Bassett-Lowke and A.W. Gamage.
Bing perfected the "Nuremberg" style of making steel toys with lithographed designs which were stamped out of the metal sheets and assembled using tabs and slots. This style of making toys lasted long after the Bing company shuttered in the 1930s.
This catalogue, likely produced for the Spanish market, covers a wide range of their production and provides detailed descriptions, measurements, and prices of their offerings, including steam engines, steam trains, ships, automobiles, model trains, train tracks, numerous train set accessories such as guard towers, train stations, cranes, bridges, magic lanterns, and stereoscopes.
As of December 2025, OCLC does not locate any holdings of this catalogue.
The company's first trains were manufactured in the 1880s. Bing adopted the standardized track gauges previously established by Märklin, and added on two additional gauges, O gauge and gauge III. They also produced trains for export to be sold both under their own name, such as trains for the North American market, and by other companies, including trains for the British market sold by Bassett-Lowke and A.W. Gamage.
Bing perfected the "Nuremberg" style of making steel toys with lithographed designs which were stamped out of the metal sheets and assembled using tabs and slots. This style of making toys lasted long after the Bing company shuttered in the 1930s.
This catalogue, likely produced for the Spanish market, covers a wide range of their production and provides detailed descriptions, measurements, and prices of their offerings, including steam engines, steam trains, ships, automobiles, model trains, train tracks, numerous train set accessories such as guard towers, train stations, cranes, bridges, magic lanterns, and stereoscopes.
As of December 2025, OCLC does not locate any holdings of this catalogue.
Details
Title
Catálogo Especial de Juguetes Mecánicos, Ópticos, Eléctricos é Instructivos. Edición 1912
Author
Gebrüder Bing
Condition
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