Circus, Sideshow & Oddities
Thu, Jul 11, 2024 12:00PM EDT
Lot 96
Scuri Inventore Dei Scurimobili / Multiple Barrel Volley Gu...
Estimate: $700 - $900
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Scuri Inventore Dei Scurimobili / Multiple Barrel Volley Gun. Hamburg: Adolph Friedl?nder, [1905]. Color lithograph poster depicting a troupe posing with their firearms, each rifle having between two and four mutually adjustable barrels capable of simultaneously shooting multiple targets. In several vignettes they demonstrate shooting several juggling balls in motion, objects balanced on top of heads, and windmills. The so-called ?scurimobil? was invented in 1896 by Italian Allesandro Scuri (A.K.A. Giovanni Battista Scuri), inventor of the unicycle. 73 x 28?. Linen backed. Professionally restored. A.
