Sold for:
$600
$600
New York: Metropolitan Job Printing, ca. 1868. Extensive and fascinating letterpress playbill heralding the innumerable curiosities on display at this New York venue for strange and unusual anatomical wonders, including a "man with a horn in his forehead," "embalmed bodies," "Aztec children," "children with the heads of monkeys," "pigs with the heads and trunks of elephants," "the hand of Goliath the celebrated Irish giant," and dozens more. 5x 17 3/8". One loss repaired in margin; A-.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2017-02-04
