(Aquatic, Exotic Exhibitions) | A group of seven handbills and broadsides

(Aquatic, Exotic Exhibitions)
A group of seven handbills and broadsides. [Various places: circa 1800–1876]

(Boa Constrictor, Tyger Shark, et al.). Just arrived from India and the Great Atlantic… [London]: Handy, [circa 1830]. Handbill (132 x 185 mm). Letterpress text in multiple fonts, tipped onto card. — (Fish). Wonderful Fish!!!…The European Angler…Also a small Alligator, from the banks for the Nile … [np]: Fairfax, [ca. 1830]. Broadside (195 x 154 mm). Letterpress text in numerous fonts, tipped onto card; old folds, one or two stray spots. — (Hippopotamus). Museum of Natural History … Mons. Villette, has just arrived in London, and ins now exhibiting (for private sale) In the Great Room, at the Egyptian Hall … London: J. Bullock, [ca. 1820?]. Handbill (220 x 140 mm). Letterpress text in numerous fonts, tipped onto card; old fold. — (Hippopotamus). Wood's Museum [with] P.T. Barnum, Esq. … The Living Baby Hippopotamus. New York: Cameron & Co., 1876. Program, 4pp on a single folded sheet (220 x 151 mm). Numerous fonts, illustration of a hippo; minor browning, one or two stray spots. — (Narwhal). Modern Monoceros … The Sea Unicorn. London: P. Boyle, [ca. 1800–1806]. Handbill (222 x 138 mm). Letterpress text in numerous fonts; old fold, contemporary annotations to verso, short closed split to fold. — (Turtle, Sea Serpent, et al.). Burns' American Museum! Old Ocean's Greatest Wonders … [np: circa 1855]. Broadside (528 x 180 mm). Vignette of a giant turtle being hunted by three fishermen in a boat, printed recto and verso; browning, primarily marginal chips, hole at top and bottom. — (Whale). The Great Whale … [London]: [James] Whiting, [ca. 1800–1817]. Handbill (180 x 112 mm). Letterpress text; creases, old folds, minor marginal chips, faint soiling.

Sold as a group, not subject to return.

Condition Report:
Condition as described in catalogue entry.

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