SKINKER, Tannakin. A Certaine Relation of the Hog-Faced Gen...

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The Ricky Jay Collection

By Potter & Potter Auctions

Feb 25, 2023

Set Reminder 2023-02-25 12:00:00 2023-02-25 12:00:00 America/New_York Bidsquare Bidsquare : The Ricky Jay Collection https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/potter-potter/the-ricky-jay-collection-21935
This was Potter & Potter's first sale from the singular, eclectic collection of Ricky Jay, the lauded actor, celebrated sleight-of-hand magician, and noted author, who curated his own extensive collection of magic, circus, and showbiz ephemera. Prices Realized Potter & Potter Auctions info@potterauctions.com

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  SKINKER, Tannakin. A Certaine Relation of the Hog-Faced Gentlewoman Called Mistress Tannakin. London: Printed by J.O. ? [ca. 1816?]. Wood engraved portrait of the pig-faced lady to title page, headpiece. Eight unnumbered leaves, A-B4; 4to. Armorial bookplate. Text block generally clean with scattered wear, faint foxing and short tears. Contemporary boards, disbound. Scarce. A nineteenth century edition by John Sturt, the ?facsimilist? who produced at least 17 similar volumes, this being a handsome recreation of a rare tract first published in 1640. The slim work describes the life of a woman ?bewitched in her mothers wombe in the yeare 1618?? having been born with a pig-like snout after her mother turned away a beggar woman who was also a witch. Miss Tannakin wore fancy clothes and ate from a sliver trough, but could only communicate in grunts, though she was apparently able to write with some facility. A watermark to the final leaf reveals the year of manufacture of the paper of this tract as 1804.
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