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PASTRANA, Julia (subject). Curious History of the … Baboon Lady, Miss Julia Pastrana [and the] Double-Bodied Boy! London: Burrows, Printer, ca. 1850. Pamphlet with two full-length wood-engraved images of Pastrana and the boy, “exhibiting at the Regent Gallery.” 16pp. Dusty, else very good. SCARCE.
Pastrana (1834 – 60) was born in Mexico, and worked around the world in circuses, museums, and other exhibitions, frequently billed as a biological hybrid due to the straight black hair the covered her body, combined with her pronounced nose, mouth, and lips. For more than 100 years after her death, Pastrana’s body was preserved and exhibited in fairgrounds, museums, and circuses, but in 2012 it was returned to Sinaloa, Mexico where she was finally laid to rest.