480 - Rebus Pictures—9 watercolor pen-and-ink drawings featuring a total of 27 full-page or smaller rebus, letter, and musical note puzzles. Probably Austria, circa 1830. Each 8 x 12 cm.

Rebus Pictures—9 watercolor pen-and-ink drawings featuring a total of 27 full-page or smaller rebus, letter, and musical note puzzles. Probably Austria, circa 1830. Each 8 x 12 cm. Imaginative and neat drawings, one signed “F. Drasl aus Botzen.” The numbering sequence is partly interrupted and partly duplicated. - Also included: Cajetan (Anton Elfinger). 11 engraved and colored rebus inserts for the Wiener Theaterzeitung. Circa 1830–40. Each approx. 30 x 23 cm. - Numbers 13–15, 17, 20/21, 23–25 (24 duplicated), and 27 are present. - Also: Anonymous colored rebus pen-and-ink drawing. Circa 1900. 22.5 x 32.5 cm, including margins. - The watercolors are slightly stained; the Theaterzeitung supplements are more heavily stained; the latter also has a diagonal fold line; the large drawing is discolored and shows some silverfish damage along the margins.