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| The Sojourner Truth Library was the perfect setting to showcase just a fraction of the collection of long time pop-up and movable collector Ellen Rubin.
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Located at the main entrance to the library, the beautiful cases held a bounty of carefully selected titles that give an overview of the history of movable books as well as artist's books.
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One of the oldest volumes in the exhibit it this book containing the earliest type of movable called a volvelle. The paper disc and other paper elements turn on a string pivot to help the reader make calculations.
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| This reproduction of one of the most famous books in the world, with hand colored volvelles in it, was created for king!
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The first type of movable book for young readers was the "turn-up" or "harlequinade." This flap book used the idea of transformation (by turning up the flap) to help move the story along.
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Ideas in Motion included items of paper that moved in a completely different way. This tunnel book from the 1800's could expand like an accordion to allow viewer to peep into the two eye holes at the front!
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| One of the highlights of the exhibit was a case devoted solely to process of creating pop-up books. Shown here is Bruce Foster's (creator of the pop-up invitation for the exhibit) preliminary white dummy for "Little Red Riding Hood." The finished book is displayed for comparison.
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In the same case were preliminaries for a pop-up medical brochure about bones. The white dummy is seen at left and a hand-colored mock-up at right.
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The final printed version of the pop-up bones is shown at the far right.
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