Books & Articles
“Beasts Within and Beasts Without: Colonial Themes in Lothar Meggendorfer’s Children’s Books.” By Amanda M. Brian. German Studies Review 37.2 (2014): 253-274.
Catalogue of the Meggendorfer archive, comprising watercolour drawings, hand-coloured proofs, and specimen sheets for moving picture books, panoramas, transformation books, and other publications by Lothar Meggendorfer. London: Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co., 1982. Catalog for an auction held in London, June 1, 1982.
The Genius of Lothar Meggendorfer: A Movable Toy Book. With an appreciation by Maurice Sendak. Designed by David Pelham. Illustrated by Jim Deesing after Lothar Meggendorfer. Paper engineering by Tor Lokvig. New York: Random House, 1985. ISBN 0394546903
“Listening to Lothar Meggendorfer’s Nineteenth Century Children’s Books.” By Amanda M. Brian. Princeton University Library Chronicle 74.3 (2013): 366-396. [Open Access]
Lothar Meggendorfer e il contesto editoriale italiano tra Otto e Novecento. Turin: Fondazione Tancredi di Barolo, 2025. ISBN 9791298516618
“Meggendorfer Online – Animating Movable Books.” By Marius Hug. Electronic workshops in computing (Online), 2017. [Open access]
The Publishing Archive of Lothar Meggendorfer: Original Drawings, Hand-Colored Lithographs and Production Files for His Children’s Book Illustrations. With an appreication by Maurice Sendak. New York: Justin G. Schiller, 1975. Auction catalog.
“When Clothes Don’t Make the Man: Sartorial Style, Conspicuous Consumption, and Class Passing in Lothar Meggendorfer’s Scenes in the Life of a Masher.” Children’s Literature Association Quarterly 37.1 (2012): 43-65
Archival Collections
University of California – Meggendorfer (Lothar) Papers, ca. 1888-1943
University of Wisconsin-Madison – Lothar Meggendorfer Collection
Websites
The Charming World of Lothar Meggendorfer
Cotsen Research Projects: Lothar Meggendorfer’s Mechanical Books – Cotsen Children’s Library, Princeton University
The Dramatic Flair of Pop-Up Artist Lothar Meggendorfer – Highly illustrated, from Disappointingly Muddy
The Genius of Lothar Meggendorfer – The Letterpress Project
Listening to Lothar Meggendorfer’s Nineteenth-Century Moving Picture Books [PDF]
Lothar Meggendorfer – Artvee
Lothar Meggendorfer – PicturePedagogica
Lothar Meggendorfer – Wikipedia [French] [German]
Meggendorfer Awards – from the Movable Book Society
The Originality and Artistry of Lothar Meggendorfer – University of Virginia Library
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