LEADER 02335cam a22003855a 4500001 9979114263506421 005 20240722091719.0 008 131112 1884 a j 0 eng^^ 035 (NjP)7911426-princetondb 035 |z(NjP)Voyager7911426 035 |z(NjP)Voyager7911426 040 NjP |cNjP 041 1 engger |heng 110 2 F. Ad. Richter & Co. |0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr92042553 243 00 Anchor Blocks 245 10 Richter's Anchor Box = Richter's Anker Baukasten. 246 03 Designs for Architectural Models, First book of series 12 246 03 Designs for Architectural Models, First book of series 8 260 New York: |bF. Ad. Richter & Co.; |c[1884]. 300 1 wooden box; |blithographed illustration on lid / |c38 x 28 cm& 2 color illustrated instruction booklets laid in (series 12: 1-16 p., 17 cm; series 8: 1-32 p., 12 cm). 500 Set of building blocks with two color-printed instruction manuals. |5NjP 500 Title from label on box lid, publication information taken from Series 12 booklet. 500 Label on underside of box, under the stones, indicates that both booklets are included with the box. 500 Stones rearranged to match "Design for repacking No. 12" on underside of lid, all stones are present, no breakages. |5NjP 500 C. Walther, professor of architecture at the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts at Nuremburg designed inner and outer labels for all sets in 1884. His signature can be seen bottom right. Walther also designed Richter's second villa on the premises of the main factory outside Rudolstadt, Thuringia. 510 1 Hardy, George F., Richter's Anchor Stone Building Sets |cp.46, p.88. 563 Pub. wooden box, color pictorial labels, with sliding lid, Publisher's wrappers on booklets. 600 10 Fröbel, Friedrich, |d1782-1852 |xInfluence. 653 Toys, architectural 653 Building toys 653 Blocks, building 700 1 Walther, C. |ebox label illustrator. 856 42 |3Commentary |uhttps://blogs.princeton.edu/cotsen/2014/05/new-exhibition-coming-this-thursday-may-29th-2014/ 904 llb |bo |hn |cb |e20131118 956 42 |zHardy, George F., Richter's Anchor Stone Building Sets (online .pdf) |uhttp://www.ankerstein.ch/downloads/CVA/Book-PC.pdf