Fleischextrakt und grosse Oper
Subtitle: die Reklame-Sammelbilder der Liebig-Gesellschaft zu Oper, Operette und Ballett
By: gesammelt und erläutert von Detlef Lorenz.
Contributors: Liebig's Extract of Meat Company.
Publisher: Detlef Lorenz
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Berlin
Language: ger
Number of pages: 173
Subjects: Liebig's Extract of Meat Company -- History; Operas -- Stories, plots, etc; Opera in advertising; Opera -- Collectibles; Advertising cards -- Europe
Genres: Stories, plots, etc
Notes: Principally descriptions of operas illustrated on advertising cards issued in various languages by Liebig's Extract of Meat Company with linkages to the "Liebigbilder" catalogs of H. Arnhold and O. Sanguinetti. Also illustrated were subjects related to opera such as opera houses and opera composers. Up to 1900, the card versos consisted mostly of suggested uses of meat extract. After 1900, the versos included substantive explanations related to their illustrations, compiled in Anhang II (p. 135-153).

LC copy signed by author is no. 2 of an edition of 50. A sample set of 6 German edition Liebig cards inserted in pocket illustrate scenes from the opera La muette de Portici by D.F.E. Auber. The versos of the cards consist principally of recipes making use of meat extract.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 162-164) and index.