Eccentrics.- Watts (Joshua) Remarkable Events in the History of Man; or, Narratives of the most Wonderful Adventures, Remarkable Trials, Judicial Murders - Prison Escapes..., some light browning, some light spotting or small staining, modern half calf, spine gilt, for A. Robertson & Co., 1825 § Poyntz (Albany) A World of Wonders, with Anecdotes and Opinions Concerning Popular Superstitions, lacking half-title, occasional marginal pencil annotation, occasional spotting, lightly browned, 19th century half calf, spine gilt, rubbed with some wear to extremities, Richard Bentley, 1845, first editions; and a 3 vol. set of The Recreative Review, or Eccentricities of Literature and Life (1821-22), 8vo (5)
⁂ The first mentioned an engaging compendium of oddities, including such items as: Sufferings of David Menzies, Surgeon, among the Cherokees; The Cannibals of New Zealand; Dangerous Aerial Voyage of the Duke de Chartres; Madame Voisin, a Celebrated Fortune-Teller; Deaf and Dumb Impostor in France; American Hermitess, and others.
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