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CARATHA, Mahomed (fl. 1743–50). MAHOMED CARATHA THE SURPRIZING EQUILIBRIST. Dublin: Printed and Sold by Mich. Hanbury, ca. 1751. Finely engraved image of the cape-clad Turk performing a wide variety of feats on a slack rope, among them juggling and balancing (flaming torches and balls, as well as glassware stacked in pyramids), as well as the trick popularized by Blondin of pushing a wheelbarrow on the rope with a baby resting inside (although in this instance, Caratha balances a pipe on his nose and holds flaming torches in his hands, pushing the cart with his hips). The equilibrist is also pictured playing the fiddle while standing atop an unsupported ladder. Framed to 14 × 17½". Faint visible wear, but not examined out of frame. SCARCE.