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A Complete Illustrated History of Animals Contained in the Department of Comparative Zoology, and all the Curiosities with P.T. Barnum’s Greatest Show on Earth. New York: New York Popular Publishing Co., [n.d., ca. 1890s?]. Hand-colored engraved wrappers [lower lacking] illustrated a female elephant, a baby in her trunk. Page at start advertises sideshow acts including Che-Mah, Major Atom, Wild Men of Borneo, Myrtle Corbin The Four-Legged Girl; Brustad, the Norway Goliath, and others. Illustrated with color-stenciled wood-engravings of wild animals. 30pp. Tall 8vo. Chipping to edges, some offsetting.