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Lot 375
[CIRCUS]. Circus Gymnasticus. Lenore, oder Der Todtenritt u...
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[CIRCUS]. Circus Gymnasticus. Lenore, oder Der Todtenritt um Mitternacht. [Austria], 1838. Letterpress broadside/playbill, illustrated with a large wood-engraved illustration of ?The Death Ride at Midnight," a woman on a horse held by death, hurtling toward a cavern with devilish men holding torches. Text in German, with early ink notations of the performance date and other details. Spots of soiling and staining throughout; scattered tears around edges. A rare, large advertisement for one of the earliest circuses established in Europe. 18 x 14 ?".
