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(Flea Circus)A group of handbills and an admittance ticket This is to acquaint the Curious. [London]: np, [1764]. Letterpress broadside (250 x 172 mm). Woodcut royal arms to head, hand-dated "Feb. 29th 1764" with note, "Seen & much admired by me yesterday," and signed "J.H. Mauclerc"; some spots, labels reading "The Field," "Sept. 15, 1883" adhered to upper right corner. Mounted on a paper with ephemera mounted to verso. — Bertolotto, Louis. ... The Industrious Fleas. [London]: np, [1833]. Letterpress handbill (182 x 120 mm). Woodcut royal arms to head, hand-dated; stray spots. — Bertolotto, Louis. ... The Industrious Fleas. [London]: np, [1833]. Letterpress handbill (182 x 126 mm). Woodcut royal arms to head, printing error at foot; open tear to upper right corner, old folds. — Bertolotto, Louis. Betriebsamen Flöhen aus London. Np: St. v. Hirschfeld, [1837]. Letterpress handbill (257 x 205 mm). Woodcut vignette depicting a man riding a flea to head, hand-dated; foxed, old folds, two pieces of tape to upper corners. — Reinham, Auguste. Industrious Fleas. Newington: Perry, Davis & Co., [1852]. Letterpress handbill (255 x 193 mm). Woodcut royal arms to head, hand-dated "Mar. 22 1852"; pinhole to head, edges very lightly browned. — Fricke, Wilhelm. Original Imperial Flea Circus. Ft. Smith: Weldon, Williams & Lick, [ca. 1910-1920]. Admittance ticket (48 x 89 mm). Cardstock printed in black; dampstaining to head. A charming rhyme appears in English on an otherwise German playbill for Signor Bertolotto's flea circus: "Legs I'have and never walk" "I'backbite all and never talk." The two other Bertolotto playbills feature identical text, but with differently set type and woodcuts. Also of note is the admittance ticket from the early 1900s for a German flea circus in Arkansas. Sold as group lot, not subject to return.Condition reportCondition as described in catalogue entry.