Lot 102
Horned Spanish lady.- , Verdadera Relacion, en que se declara la horrorosa monstruosidad, y maravillosa vision, que en este presente año de 1738, 1738.
Hammer Price: £380
Description
Horned Spanish lady.- Verdadera Relacion, en que se declara la horrorosa monstruosidad, y maravillosa vision, que en este presente año de 1738, se ha visto en una muger, llamada Elena de Campos, residente en la Ciudad de cadiz, y natural de la Villa de Cazalla, à causa de una enfermedad mal curadas, y del numeroso concurso que da todas partes acude à ver tan estrano, y nunca visto excesso de la Naturaleza; con lo demas qye vera el curioso Letor, 4pp., double column, woodcut of a man about to saw the the horn on de Campos' head, split at fold, a few short marginal tears, some spotting and staining, lightly browned, 8vo, no place or printer, c.1738.
⁂ A seeemingly unrecorded poem concerning a resident of Cadiz called Elena de Campos who was said to have had a horn like protruberance on her head. People flocked from miles around to see her, to the point where the army were called in to control crowds.
Description
Horned Spanish lady.- Verdadera Relacion, en que se declara la horrorosa monstruosidad, y maravillosa vision, que en este presente año de 1738, se ha visto en una muger, llamada Elena de Campos, residente en la Ciudad de cadiz, y natural de la Villa de Cazalla, à causa de una enfermedad mal curadas, y del numeroso concurso que da todas partes acude à ver tan estrano, y nunca visto excesso de la Naturaleza; con lo demas qye vera el curioso Letor, 4pp., double column, woodcut of a man about to saw the the horn on de Campos' head, split at fold, a few short marginal tears, some spotting and staining, lightly browned, 8vo, no place or printer, c.1738.
⁂ A seeemingly unrecorded poem concerning a resident of Cadiz called Elena de Campos who was said to have had a horn like protruberance on her head. People flocked from miles around to see her, to the point where the army were called in to control crowds.