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[FLEA CIRCUS] BERTOLOTTO, Louis (1802–87). TWO WORKS BY THE “FATHER OF THE FLEA CIRCUS.” Comprised of: Histoire de La Puce, Avec Notes et Observations. Saint-Petersbourg, 1838. Third edition. Purple-pink wraps lettered in black with wood-engraved image of a man riding a flea. Illustrated. 28pp. SIGNED on the rear wrapper by Bertolotto in ink. Dampstained and foxed; good or better. — The Curious and Amusing Exhibition of the Educated Fleas [Cover Title]. New York: Printed by John Axford, 1876. Original publisher’s pictorial upper wrapper laid down on crude cloth-covered boards. Portrait frontispiece of Bertolotto behind tissue. Woodcuts. 24pp. Clipping attached to rear pastedown. Binding weak.