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CRUSIUS, LOUIS. The Antikamnia Calendar for 1897 (January-February only), 1898, 1899, and 1901, comprising, respectively, 1 (of 6), 6, 6, and 4 chromolithographs on stiff card perforated for lacing at the top. 249x175 mm; all with varying soiling, stains, and edgewear, some corners chipped, lacing missing from calendars for 1897 and 1899. St. Louis: Antikamnia Chemical Company, 1897-1901
The St. Louis pharmacist and physician Crusius (1862-98) was an artist by avocation who created gruesomely humorous medical caricatures for display in the family drugstore. He sold designs to the Antikamnia Chemical Company, a maker of patent medicines, which published them in a series of 5 advertising calendars distributed as holiday keepsakes, of which the fourth is missing here.
