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LEROY, Servais (Jean Henri Servais LeRoy, 1865 – 1953). Comedians de Mephisto Co. LeRoy. Talma. Bosco. Hamburg: Adolph Friedlander, 1905. Triptych of cartoons shows the three magicians using feats of conjuring combined with quick thinking and ingenuity to solve problems. LeRoy produces a rabbit from his opera hat to deter a hungry bulldog from attacking him, Talma manipulates coins while exiting a hansom cab, and the rotund Bosco escapes a band of “cannibals” by turning palm trees into a pair of stilts. 37 x 28”. Insignificant chips in margins; A. Linen backed. See Reynolds, 100 Years of Magic Posters, page 32.