(Dogs, performing) | A group of six handbills and broadsides

(Dogs, performing)

A group of six handbills and broadsides. [Vp: ca. 1800-1880]

Lot includes: (French and German). Have you seen the Wonderful French & German Canine Performers? [Edinburgh]: Wm. Blair, [nd]. Handbill (260 x 190 mm). Hinged to card; old fold, minor soiling, small hole costing one letter. — Mr. Coney. Those Wonderful & Celebrated Dogs Hector and Bruin… Cheltenham: Shenton, 1831. Broadside (490 x 190 mm). Woodcut vignette of dog and woman at top, letterpress text with numerous fonts, mounted on card; browning, marginal dampstaining to lower right corner. — (Questions and Answers). The Wonderful and Original Cape of Good Hope Dogs. [Np: nd, but ca. 1800-1810?]. Broadside (326 x 240 mm). Large woodcut roundel of two dogs, letterpress text with numerous fonts, contemporary manuscript annotations; old folds, minor foxing. — Prof. Morris. Fun for Everybody!…Equine and Canine Paradox. Cleveland: J.B. Savage, ca. 1880. Broadside (535 x 180 mm). Printed recto and verso, text printed in blue and black, four vignettes of dogs and horses, one of Morris, contemporary "Grand Opera House" ink stamp to verso; old folds, short splits to folds, minor browning. — Signor Farima. Learned Dogs, Fido and Bianco. London: T. Bretelli, [ca. 1830-1831]. Handbill (223 x 145 mm). Mounted on card; closed tear, a few tiny holes, creasing, soiling. — Signor Giraldelli. The Wonderful Dogs from Paris. London: Hay & Turner, 1816. Broadside (335 x 165 mm). Letterpress text with numerous fonts, tipped onto paper; primarily closed marginal tear, minor soiling.  

Group lots not subject to return. 

Fido, Bianco, Hector, Bruin, Major Tickler, Major Peeping, and many more!