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GOUFFE, Mons. MONS. GOUFFE THE MAN-MONKEY! JOCKO! OR THE BRAZILIAN MONKEY. [London, 1834]. Letterpress broadside for a double-bill performance at the Theatre Sans Souci, Leicester Square. Striking central woodcut shows two man-size apes and a man in striped pants wielding a saber. 23¼ × 7¾". Foxed, with margins trimmed close, one tear reinforced with tissue. A contemporary holographic note in the right margin states, “This man’s real name was Hornshaw: he was a native of Walworth, Surrey.”