SET: FATHER TUCK'S MECHANICAL ANIMALS

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ARTISTIC, INSTRUCTIVE AND FULL OF SURPRISES!
CAN BE PLACED IN HUNDREDS OF DIFFERENT LIFE-LIKE ATTITUDES
some boxes have six in a set and some have eight,
SERIES 1 DOMESTIC ANIMALS, SERIES II WILD & TAME ANIMALS, SERIES III WILD ANIMALS, SERIES IV VARIOUS WILD ANIMALS, SERIES V PET DOGS, SERIES VI DOMESTIC & WILD ANIMALS, SERIES VII FRIENDS AT THE FARM, SERIES VIII FEATHERED FRIENDS(listed as MECHANICAL BIRDS numbers 25-36)
discussed in the compilation of multiple Tuck catalogues, leather-bound by Tuck representative in New York, gilt page edges, individual Tuck catalogue covers removed: years: 1907, 1908 , 1909

Items in Set

Card Title Ref Prefix Num In Set Card Comment
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THE ST. BERNARD DOG (CANIS FAMILIARIS) Yes 1 series 1 3
LE CHIEN DU SAINT-BERNARD Yes 1 French version 2
THE DOMESTIC CAT (LEIS DOMESTICA) Yes 2 series 1 2
GOAT (CAPRA HIRCUS) Yes 3 series 1 2
LE BOUC Yes 3 French version 2
THE HORSE (EQUIS CABALLUS) Yes 4 series 1 2
LE CHEVAL Yes 4 French version 2
THE ASS (EQUUS ASINUS) Yes 5 series 1 2
L'ANE Yes 5 French version 2
THE CALF OF THE COMMON OX (BOS TAURUS) Yes 6 series 1 2
LE VEAU Yes 6 French version 2
THE PIG (SUS) Yes 7 series 1 2
THE RABBIT (LEPUS-CUNICULUS) Yes 8 series 1 2
LE LAPIN Yes 8 French version 2
THE SHEEP (OVIS ARIES) Yes 9 series II 2
LA BREBIS Yes 9 French version 2
LE BELIER Yes 10 French version, this copy damaged 2
THE RAM (OVIS ARIES) Yes 10 2
LA VACHE Yes 11 French version 2
THE COW OF THE COMMON OX (BOS TAURUS Yes 11 2
LE TAUREAU Yes 12 French version 2
DIE BULLDOGGE Yes 13 series II German version 2
THE BULL-DOG (CANIS FAMILIARIS) Yes 13 series II 2
LE BULL-DOG Yes 13 French version, this copy damaged 2
THE FALLOW DEER (CERVUS DAMA) Yes 14 series II 2
MONKEYS (CERCOPITHECIDIE) Yes 15 series II 2
LE SINGE Yes 15 French version 2
SHETLAND PONY (EQUUS CABALLUS) Yes 16 series II 2
DAS PONY Yes 16 German version 2
LE PONY Yes 16 French version 2
THE ELEPHANT (ELEPHAS INDICUS) Yes 17 series II 2
THE RHINOCEROS (RHINOCEROS UNIOORNIS) Yes 18 series II 2
LE RHINOCEROS Yes 18 French version 3
THE LION (FELIS FEO) Yes 19 series III 2
LE LION Yes 19 French version 3
LA LIONNE Yes 20 2
THE LIONESS (FELIS LEO) Yes 20 2
THE TIGER (FELIS TIGRIS) Yes 21 series III 2
LE TIGRE Yes 21 French version 2
ZEBRA (EQUUS ZEBRA) Yes 22 series III 2
LE ZEBRE Yes 22 French version 2
THE CAMEL (CAMELUS BACTRIANUS) Yes 23 series III 2
LE CHAMEAU Yes 23 French version 2
POLAR BEAR (URSUS MARITIMUS) Yes 24 series III 3
L'OURS BLANC Yes 24 French version 2
THE BROWN BEAR (URSUS ARCTOS) Yes 25 series III 2
L'OURS BRUIN Yes 25 French version 2
THE LEOPARD (FELIS PARDUS) Yes 26 series III 2
DER LEOPARD Yes 26 German version 2
LE LEOPARD Yes 26 French version 3
THE COMMON FOX (CANIS VULPES) Yes 27 series III 2
LE RENARD Yes 27 French version 2
THE FOX TERRIER Yes 37 series V 2
THE PUG Yes 38 series V 2
THE DACHSHUND Yes 39 series V 3
THE TOY SPANIEL Yes 40 series V 2
THE IRISH TERRIER Yes 41 series V 2
THE JAPANESE SPANIEL Yes 42 series V 2
THE SCOTCH COLLIE Yes 43 series VI 2
NEWFOUNDLAND No 44 series VI info taken from box lid and image kindly provided by Marylou from The Ephemeral Newfoundland site on Instagram and Facebook 1
THE CAT (FELIS DOMESTICA) Yes 45 series VI 2
THE WOLF (CANIS LUPUS) Yes 46 series VI 2
THE KANGAROO (MACROPUS) Yes 47 series VI 2
THE SQUIRREL Yes 48 series VI 2