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CHANG (Zhan Shichai, d. 1893). Chang the Great Chinese Giant. [London]: Aubert?s Steam Printing Works, ca. 1870. Bold two-color pictorial poster with giant type advertising the famed giant at London?s Royal Aquarium. At the center of the poster is a wood engraved full-length image of Chang standing beside and towering above a beefeater. Framed to 31 x 21?, with foxing, stains, and one tiny loss visible, but not examined out of frame.