The Collection of Edwin A Dawes, Part I
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Lot 437
TESTOT, Felix (c. 1799 – 1879). Unprecedented Novelty!!! Th...
Estimate: $600 - $1,200
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TESTOT, Felix (c. 1799 ? 1879). Unprecedented Novelty!!! Theatre of Magic. Dublin: John Jones, Printer, 1825. Pictorial letterpress broadside for the French magician?s performance in the Irish capitol, presenting a range of feats including restoring a dead bird to life, Dancing and Speaking Monkey, The Magic Bottle, and a range of juggling feats. Wood-engraved full-length image of Testot at the bottom of the bill shows his juggling apparatus laid out before him with seven balls in an arc over his head. Framed to 18 ? x 7 ??. Not examined out of frame.
