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Sat, Jul 29, 2023 12:00PM EDT
Lot 444

[CURIOSITY]. A Calf / With one head, one set of Shoulders, ...

Estimate: $300 - $500

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[CURIOSITY]. A Calf / With one head, one set of Shoulders, Two hind parts!, Two Tails, which are 30 inches apart and 13 inches long! Seven Legs six of which are 23 inches high! Bangor, [Me.]: Bartlett & Burr, Printers, Harlow?s Block, ca. 1857. Letterpress handbill bearing a lengthy physical and anatomical description of the remarkable calf owned by Mr. Joseph Libbey of Brewer, Me. Endorsed by over a dozen doctors and officials of Maine and surrounding states. 12 ? x 7?. Horizontal folds; few pale small stains.