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BLITZ, Signor (Antonio Van Zandt, 1810 - 77). Sig. Blitz the Celebrated Professor of Ventriloquism & Thaumaturgics. [Dorchester?], 1845. Letterpress broadside advertising the varied show of the “Moravian” magician including his Dance of the Dinner Plates, the presentation of an automaton figure, “travelling money,” and other feats. Woodcuts at top show him with a learned rabbit, eating a “dinner of glass,” and as “the gambler” demonstrating the tricks of card sharpers. 21 x 7 3/8”. Date strip announces Blitz’s appearance at the Lyceum Hall, Dorchester on Sept. 3, 1845. Foxed, with the upper and lower halves contemporarily (but unevenly) pasted together.