This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/28/2023
[FLEA CIRCUS] FOUR EARLY FLEA CIRCUS HANDBILLS. Comprised of: The Celebrated & Extraordinary Exhibition … of the Industrious Fleas. [London, ca. 1830s]. Letterpress broadside bearing a woodcut illustration of a flea pulling a miniature sailing ship. — Signor Bertolotto’s Extraordinary Exhibition of the Industrious Fleas. [London, ca. 1830s]. With a woodcut of a man riding atop a flea at the top. — The Greatest Novelty in London. Mons. Auguste Reinham’s Curious and Amusing Exhibition of Industrious Fleas. Newington: Perry, Davis & Co., [1852]. Wood engraving of the royal coat of arms at top, with an enumerated program in nine parts below. — Original Cirque Des Puces. Brussels: Imp. Du Progres, [1885]. Twenty-five part program for the review of 200 “incredible and marvelous” fleas, with two wood-engravings above. Two tape stains at left. 10 × 7¾" and smaller. Marginal wear, chips, and old folds as expected, but generally good condition. See Jay’s Journal of Anomalies, page 39 and elsewhere.