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(CIVIL WAR--CONFEDERATE.) The Life and Death of Jeff. Davis, being an Awful Warning to all Traitors . . . in Five Expressive Tableaux. 3 wood engravings intended to be manipulated into 5 illustrations. 6 pages on one sheet, 6 x 9 inches, with the outer leaves cut into two flaps each; moderate wear including 1-inch closed tear. Philadelphia: C.J. Price, circa 1865?
This metamorphic toy pamphlet features illustrations by T.W. Roane which show the Confederate president in 5 poses: "1. Before he becomes a Traitor. 2. He commences his Secession career, or in other words, sits deliberately down on his own coffin. 3. He finds it unpleasant. 4. He wishes to be left alone. 5. He is let alone." In this final configuration he is hooded and hanging from a gallows.
The American Antiquarian Society hypothesizes that this was published after the arrest of Davis in May 1865. One in OCLC, at the American Antiquarian Society, and none traced at auction.
