Bruxelles: Chocolate Senez-Sturbelle, ca.1890. A lovingly executed piece of chocolate advertising from the Belgian firm of Senez-Sturbelle in the form of a booklet opening into a leporello of cut-out chromolithographed die-cuts depicting various types of cats on exposition. At rear is a small tab or folder into which a piece of chocolate would have been placed ( since consumed, of course). Young children are given a coin to obtain entrance to the exhibition which contained - according to the booklet - ten cages of cats of various descriptions, these all cut out chromolithographs. Text at the “versos” of two pages tells the story of the children’s trip, explaining their arrival at the guichet or ticket booth, and recounting their favourite cats ( the Cat Family in this instance). The exposition would surely have taken place in Belgium or France; this is a very well executed advertising souvenir. Chocolate Consumed. A “Cats on Display” Leporello. Booklet with backing lying flat, 12 x 9.5 cm; opened to 11 die-cut leaves with text printed on inside covers and on “versos” of two leaves. Ref. 17070