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The Ricky Jay Collection Part III

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Lot 267

[HOTTENTOT VENUS (Saartjie Baartman, ca. 1789 – 1815)]. Gro...

Estimate: $900 - $1,300

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[HOTTENTOT VENUS (Saartjie Baartman, ca. 1789 ? 1815)]. Group of 3 etchings and engravings. Three prints, including: ?Love and Beauty ? Sartjee the Hottentot Venus.? Pubd. October 1810 by Christopher Crupper Bumford. In contemporary manuscript: ?Exhibitied in Paccadilly.? ? ?Astronomical Phoenomenon. An Exact Representation of the Planet Venus as first seen in this Country in the Year of the Jubilee.? London: J.G. Parry, 1810. ? ?Les Curieux En Extase (ou les Cordond de Jouliers).? N.p., n.d. (ca. 1810s). Two with contemporary hand-coloring. A few minor short tears; overall near fine copies of these SCARCE graphics.