$800
[Plates] Over 350 Engraved Portraits of Remarkable People. London: 1794 – ca. 1813. Being a collection of plates picturing “remarkable persons” from the books of James Caulfield, as well as Granger’s Museum and Kirby’s Museum, three classic works on accomplished, odd, and unusual people. Two volumes in one-third red morocco with tooled spines gilt stamped and marbled endsheets. Spines and extremities rubbed, internally near fine. Plates only. Toole Stott 1350. Featured portraits include Issac Fawkes, Zerah Coburn, Matthew Buchinger, Old Harry (with his Raree Show), Signora Josephine Giradelli “The Original Salamander,” Mary Tofts, a dog-faced woman musician, as well as a host of dwarves, giants, ventriloquists, beggars, rope dancers, painters, criminals, and statesmen.
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2014-02-08
