Circus.- Joly (Adrien) Le Diable l'emporte!, early representation of the of game of skill, said to be of Chinese origin, the diabolo or devil's game, and was exported from England to France in the early 19th century, engraving, with hand-colouring, pen and brown ink inscriptions throughout, on light blue laid paper, platemark 295 x 230 mm (11 1/2 x 9 in), small margins, minor handling creases, light spotting and surface dirt, unframed, 1815; together with four further circus interest prints, including 'Der Athlete Rappo und sein John las Affe...' with man holding up a ladder with his mouth, while a monkey climbs to the top, a music score with hand-coloured lithograph upper cover with tight rope walker, another of woman tight rope walker carrying a man on her back, 'The Blondin Mania', and another with sailors performing various circus tricks, including juggling weaponry, various sizes, between 270 x 210 mm (10 5/8 x 8 1/4 in) and 285 x 380 mm (11 1/4 x 15 in), some minor surface dirt and browning, all unframed, 19th century (5)
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