Liebig Cards (4 results)

Ephemera. A scarce set of 6 advertising cards entitled "L'Antarctique", and numbered 1-6 with captions. Published c. 1900, chromolithographic color. Attractive advertising cards for an extract spread manufactured by Liebig, who widely distributed these attractive color lithographed cards as advertising. Image on one side, French text on the verso, each 11x 7 cms. Includes "L'ile de Cockburn", "Icebergs dans la mer de Weddell - Phoques Weddell", "Les Volcans Erebus et Terror", "Le Glacier du Diable", "Le Cap Renard a la Courbe des Flandres" and "Morcellement de la glace au Cap Crozier". Very good condition, matted.…

Original Liebig cards, printed by Seihe Ruckseite, Germany, c.1950. Displayed in a mount 410 x 370 mm.

German advertising cards. Set of 6 cards entitled with chromolithograph illustrations of animals from around the world, that must be found hidden within each illustration. Each illustration features a large tin of the product (with tin label in English 'Liebig's Extract of Meat) being transported in some kind of cart or sled, as the central element of the design. For example, the Dingo card shows a young aborigine seated on the tin itself, which is harnessed as if it were a cart, to two kangaroos. Cards have the following lines at the lower left, in German: "Wo ist der Eskimo?"; "Wo ist der Dingo?"; "Wo ist der Eisbaer?"; "Wo ist der Fuhrmann?"; "Wo ist der Tiger?"; "Wo ist der Lowe?". Chromolithographic color. Image on one side, German text at verso. A scarce set in very good condition.…

Attractive advertising cards for the meat extract spread manufactured by Liebig, who widely distributed these attractive color lithographed cards as advertising, with captions describing the picture and advertising info. The New Guinea cards are largely focused on natives & ethnographic art. Each card shows natives, animals, scenery & habitations. The island groups include the Solomon Islands, Port Adam; Bismarck archipelago, New Pomeranie; Ganville in the english part of NG; Port Frederick William; Port Moresby, a village in stilts in western NG.…