Circus, Sideshow & Oddities

Lot #462:

Purdy, Welch, Macomber, & Co.’s Magnificent Collection of Zoological and Ornithological Subjects, from the Zoological Institute of New-York.

[Menagerie] Purdy, Welch, Macomber, & Co.’s Magnificent Collection of Zoological and Ornithological Subjects, from the Zoological Institute of New-York. New York: J.W. Bell, 1837. Orig. printed wraps., sewn. Illustrated with woodcuts of many exotic wild animals, including elephants, polar bear, Bengal tiger, Cape lion, and others, some shown attacking humans. 8vo. 32pp. Foxing and soiling, wrappers remargined with tape on verso.