Oct 30, 2001 - Sale 1911

Sale 1911 - Lot 158

Unsold
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
COOPER, R.; and PAGE, R. Fifty Wonderful Portraits.<> 50 engraved plates of dwarves, murderers, cross-dressers, and other eccentric figures. 4to, later 1/2 morocco gilt; scattered foxing. London, 1824
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Includes portraits of: Count Joseph Boruwlaski, the celebrated Polish Dwarf; Thomas Britton, the Musical small Coal-man; Bampfylde Moore Carew, King of the Beggars; Chevalier d'Eon, who many years passed as a woman; Signora Girardelli, the well known Fire-eater; Daniel Lambert, of surprising corpulency; Madame Teresia, the Corsican Fairy; and a host of others.<