Buffalo Bill's Wild West. Drawings from life by Charles Henckel.
Leporello. Cloth. Paper pastedown.
1891 · Munich
by Henckel, Charles, artist.
Munich: Bruckmann-sche Buchdruckerei, 1891. Leporello. Cloth. Paper pastedown. . Fair. Oblong, 12.5 by 17 cm. Eleven panels depicting the exploits of Buffalo Bill. Sold as a souvenir to his Wild West Show, which famously toured Europe. So captions in English, French and German. Heavy age toning. Ugly tape repairs at all folds converting this into a booklet from a leporello, and the body is detached from the covers. Still, all images are present and these are unblemished. The paper is brittle and there are some edge chips. (Inventory #: 004350)