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BARNUM, P.T. (1810 – 1891). Barnum’s Portfolio 1888 [cover title]. N.p., n.d. (ca. 1888). Original pictorial tan wrappers. Tall 8vo. Illustrated with hand-colored wood-engraved illustrations (half- and full-page) of animals in Barnum’s “Department of Comparative Zoology.” 32pp. [With]: Prospectus of Barnum’s Museum Company. New York: Printed by Kilbourne Tompkins, ca. 1880. Eight-page prospectus, with a double-page center illustration, for a new Barnum’s Museum at the site of Madison Square Garden. Occasional spotting, short tears at edges.