Mechanical theatre & automata.- Wax works.- Tyler & Co. (printer) Philipsthal and Maillardet's Mechanical Theatre, letterpress playbill, 365 x 170 mm (14 1/4 x 6 3/4 in), minor handling creases and slightly rough edges, unframed, probably mid-19th century; together with five further playbills, including a 'Mechanical and Musical Automata!!' performance at the Gothic Hall, Haymarket, a letterpress broadside 'A Short Description of a Curious Piece of Machinery called The Chronoscope', and three playbills and handbills for wax work exhibitions, one for Mrs Salmon's Royal Wax-Work, in Fleet Street, various sizes between 113 x 148 mm (4 1/2 x 5 3/4 in) and 365 x 170 mm (14 1/4 x 6 3/4 in), small nicks and losses, handling creases, all unframed, 19th century (6)
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