This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/28/2023
BUCK, J.M. THE SEVENTH WEEK OF THE INEXHAUSTIBLE BOTTLE!!! ACKNOWLEDGED BY ALL TO BE THE WONDER OF THE WORLD!! Bristol: J.G. Powell, Printer, 1850s. Handsome pictorial letterpress broadside for this itinerant conjurer presenting the “Any Drink Called For” routine popularized by Anderson and Robert-Houdin, in which water is poured into a bottle, but five different liquors are then poured out of it on command. Attractive woodcut of Buck on stage in the upper third, with the image of several demons toting bottle-shaped placards below. Also advertised is the “Ethereal Suspension.” 29½ × 9½". One chip expertly repaired; A-. Linen backed.