April 12, 2024
Book of Wonderful Characters 1870 1st Ed Victorian Abnormal deformed Oddity
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The Book of Wonderful Characters Memoirs and Anecdotes of Remarkable and Eccentric Persons in All Ages and Countries 1st Edition 1870 59 Beautifully odd and eccentric plates A 32 page Illustrated Catalogue at the end. Fascinating accounts of the eccentric and weird, such as Francis Battalia who ate stones. Joseph Boruwlaski, the Polish dwarf. Joseph Capper, the enemy of flies. Charles Domery, the remarkable glutton. Eve Fleigen, who lived on the smell of flowers. D’Eon, the chevalier, who passed as a woman. Anne Moore, the fasting woman. Peter the Wild Boy of the woods of Hamelin. Madam Teresia, the Corsican fairy. Elizabeth Woodcock, buried in snow nearly eight days, etc., etc. Introduction dated 1869; catalogue in the back is ca. 1870 (for 1871). Not common. Any questions please feel free to message me Thank you and please view my other Ebay listed Rare and strange items
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