The Ricky Jay Collection Part II
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Lot 14
[AZTECS] [ANDERSON, John Henry] Aztec Lilliputians. A New R...
Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500
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[AZTECS] [ANDERSON, John Henry]?AZTEC LILLIPUTIANS. A NEW RACE OF PEOPLE.?[Scotland], 1853. Pictorial letterpress broadside bearing a wood-engraved image of the Great Wizard of the North at the top, with Maximo and Bartola, the supposed ?Aztecs,? standing beside him, one atop a table, and the other standing on a cushion at his right. Below the image is reproduced a lengthy story from the?Freeman?s Journal?of October 3, 1853, chronicling the untruths that made their exhibition so fascinating to audiences of the era. Framed to 30? ? 9?". Not examined out of frame.
