Sold for:
$700
$700
LeRoy, Servais (Jean Henri Servais LeRoy). Program for LeRoy's appearance at the Royal Aquarium. [London], 1890. LeRoy is billed as "The Marvellous [sic] Belgian Conjuror, The most accomplished Sleight-of-Hand exponent in the World, With His New Remarkable Illusion," and shares the program with marionettes, performing bears, Jaques the Fasting Man, a Phrenologist, contortionists, acrobats, and a parachuting monkey. Printed in black ink on on lightweight paper. 27 ½ x 18". Good condition, linen backed. At the time this program was printed, LeRoy was only 25 years old and still making a name for himself as a professional conjurer.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2010-05-16
