The Ricky Jay Collection
Sat, Feb 25, 2023 12:00PM EST
Lot 326
STYGLE, Dupree. We’re All Going by Steam … The Wizard of th...
Estimate: $800 - $1,200
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STYGLE, Dupree. We?re All Going by Steam ? The Wizard of the East ? Legerdemain! Brighton: Philipps and Co., Printers, ca. 1840. Stygle and his eight-year-old son appear at the Exhibition Rooms, Brighton, with a program of classic conjuring feats, including Second Sight, ?Hydraulics Extraordinary,? the creation of ?smoking hot dumplins? in a borrowed hat, and Ventriloquism. The boy presents eighteen poses plastiques or living pictures. With a large blocky woodcut of a locomotive at the top, the text bounded by a triple rule border. 29 ? x 9 ??. Chips, folds, and losses; reinforced with tissue on verso.
