Set Reminder2023-10-28 12:00:002023-10-28 12:00:00America/New_YorkBidsquareBidsquare : The Ricky Jay Collection Part II https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/potter-potter/the-ricky-jay-collection-part-ii-21921 Unusual relics were the hallmark of Ricky Jay's storied collection. This second auction from his archives features an astonishing array of the fantastic, the funny, and the flabbergasting.
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[KIRBY, R.S.]?KIRBY?S WONDERFUL AND ECCENTRIC MUSEUM; OR, MAGAZINE OF REMARKABLE CHARACTERS.?London: R.S. Kirby, 1820. Tooled leather spines with gilt-stamped roan and Morocco labels over marbled boards (all considerably rubbed, some labels chipped). Illustrated with engravings, including portraits of Signora Giradelli the fireproof woman, Matthew Buchinger, Daniel Lambert, sword swallowers, mental calculators, a hen with a human face, etc. 8vos. Browned and foxed with usual wear; good. See Toole Stott 1285 for earlier issue. See Exemplars, page 121.