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The Monster Fish
 
This page is being used to collect information about the history of the paperfolding design known as the Monster Fish. Please contact me if you know any of this information is incorrect or if you have any other information that should be added. Thank you.

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1883

As far as I know this design first appears in a pictorial story by Apeles Mestres dated 2nd August 1883 found in his Llibre Vert III.

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The design also appears:

1904

As 'El Pico de un Ave de Rapina' (The Beak of the Bird of Prey) in 'Guia Practica del Trabajo Manual Educativo' by Ezequiel Solana, which was published by Editorial Magisterio Espaņol in Madrid in 1904.

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1908

In the last ever issue of the Catalan satirical magazine 'La Campana Catalana', published in Barcelona on 29th April 1908, in a cartoon by Apeles Mestres which pictures a variety of paperfolding designs. This pictorial story had previously been published in his Llibre Vert III in 1883.

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1923

As 'El Pez' in 'Trabajos Manuales y Juegos Infantiles' by Francisco Blanch, which was published by I. G. Seix y Barral Hermanos S.A.- Editores in Barcelona in 1923.

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1939

As 'El pez monstruo' (The Monster Fish) in 'El Mundo de Papel' by Dr Nemesio Montero, which was published by G Miranda in Edicions Infancia in Valladolid in 1939.

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1940

As 'Pez de Boca Grande' (Big Mouth Fish) in 'El Plegado y Cartonaje en la Escuela Primaria' by Antonio M Luchia and Corina Luciani de Luchia, which was published by Editorial Kapelusz in Buenos Aires in 1940.

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