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(Remarkable Characters)A group of six handbills (Conjoined Twin). The Wonder of the World. [London]: np, [ca. 1760s]. Letterpress handbill (125 x 195 mm). Spots, some browning, especially at head. Mounted on a sheet of paper. — Giraffe Girl. Eagle Tavern, City Road. [London]: np, [ca. 1830]. Letterpress handbill (138 x 108 mm). Hand-dated at head; small chips to bottom edge. Mounted on cardstock. — (Porcupine Man). To be Seen in Rummer Court. Np: nd. Letterpress handbill (208 x 138). Handwritten note in ink to foot, "I saw this man ... a very surprising sight"; one or two spots. [With]: Nineteenth century advertisement in French for two "Porcupine Men" from North America, mounted on an autograph letter from H. Barral, on H. Barral Libraire-Antiquaire leterhead. — [Porcupine Men]. Deux Hommes Très-Extaordinaires. Np: nd. Letterpress handbill (180 x 113 mm). Printed verso and recto, woodcut vignette to head, contemporary handwriting in ink to head; two old folds, browning, spots, purple ink stains to right margin. Printed notes on the porcupine men [and] notes in pencil in Ricky Jay's hand. — Madame Howard. Howard's Grand Pavilion of Living Wonders ... Madame Howard! The African Lion-faced Lady. Desbury, Samuel Dawson, nd. Letterpress handbill (278 x 108 mm). Woodcut vignette depicting Madame Howard to center; spots, some smudges, short closed tear to right margin. Mounted on a sheet of paper. — The Man Bear. Dr. Sproul and W.K. Leary's Museum. Newburyport: William H. Huse & Co., nd. Letterpress handbill (301 x 116 mm). Printed on orange paper, large woodcut vignette depicting the Man Bear to center; short marginal tears, some browning to head, pencil to head. Including advertisements for porcupine men, a man bear, a lion-headed woman, and a giraffe girl. The porcupine man who was exhibited at Rummer Court suffered from ichtyosis hystrix, a disorder that is characterized by hyperkeratotic spiny scales on the skin, which was first discovered in the very Lambert family presented on this playbill. Sold as group lot, not subject to return.Condition reportCondition as described in catalogue entry.