Never here before : wonderful phenomena of nature!! : patronised by Her present Majesty, Queen Victoria, at Hyde Park Fair, 1838 : The ladies and gentlemen of this place and its vicinity, are most respectfully invited to behold a most pleasing colletion of natural products, in a large and comfortable caravan : the first curiosity is Master Randel, the gigantic Devonshire youth, ... accompanied by Mr. Jones, the celebrated Welsh dwarf, ... accompanied by the Hottentot Venus!!, engaged by the proprietor for a limtied period, alive, just arrived from Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope, in the ship Vulture and engaged by the proprietor at a great expense, ... accompanied by the white Negro from Barbadoes, in the West Indies : the six banded armadillo, or hog in armour, similar to the rhinoceros ... also, an immense boa constrictor serpent!! from Ceylon ... also a beautiful anaconda, or the sea serpent of America ... likewise an enormous crocodile, and an alligator ... .
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Imprint: | Hanley : J.C. Westbrook, Printer, [1838 or1839] |
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Description: | 1 sheet ; 51 x 19 cm |
Language: | English |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12666329 |
Special Collections, Rare Books
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ff GV1835.56.G7N38 1838 c.1
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