The Ricky Jay Collection

Anatomy.- Catalogue of Dr. Kahn's Anatomical Museum, Now Exhibiting at 315, Oxford Street, 32pp., lithographed portrait frontispiece and one plate...

Anatomy.- Catalogue of J.W. Reimers's Gallery of All Nations, and Anatomical Museum. Saville House, Leicester Square, London, tipped-in printed sl...

Anatomy.- Challenge to the World For Ten Thousand Dollars. Crecraft's Exhibition...American Giant Sisters..., printed playbill, some creasing to h...

Animated scenery.- Mechanical panoramas.- Collection of twelve playbills for exhibitions of various diorama, mechanical panoramas, and animated sc...

Animated scenery.- Mechanical panoramas.- Topping (Thomas, printer) J.F. Thiodon's Mechanical and Picturesque Theatre of Arts... the scenery will ...

America.- Guttenberg (Carl) The Tea-Tax-Tempest, or The Anglo-American Revolution, engraving, an excellent well inked impression, on laid paper wi...

Aqua drama.- Sadler's Wells Aquatic Theatre...Mr. Conway...his Benefit...Two Silver Cups Will be Shot for by a Party of Ladies with Muskets!!..., ...

Astronomical Clock.- The Microcosm...now completely finished by Henry Bridges...to be Seen in the Long-Room, at the Opera-House in the Hay-market....

Astronomy.- Town Hall, Gravesend...Mr. D. F. Walker...Will Deliver his Astronomical Lectures on his Entirely New Eidouranion; Or, Large Transparen...

Australia.- Heller's Wonders!...Nine Farewell Entertainments Previous to the Departure of Mr. Robt. Heller and Miss Haydee Heller for India...Posi...

Beresford (Henry, 3rd Marquess of Waterford).- Life and Extraordinary Exploits of the Marquis of Waterford. With Curious Anecdotes, Comprising Nig...

Blitz (Signor).- Ravels' Benefit...Signor Blitz The Emperor of Magicians...Dance of Six Plates!..., printed playbill, some creasing and folds, lig...

Boaz (Sieur).- At the Rose and Crown, Kew-Green...The Sieur Boaz...Card Deceptions...An Operation in Papiromance...The Teritœpiest Painter..., chi...

Bonassus.- Kangaroos.- [J. Ea]rl James & Son's Royal Collection of Wild Beasts...the Newly Discovered Royal Bonassus...Nero the Dog-Destroying Mal...

Extraordinary Peruvian Relic...The Entire Body of a Peruvian Woman, Perfect as when in Life, Supposed to have been buried alive at the remote Peri...

Botocudos family from Brazil.- Gear (I.W.) The Wild Indian Chief, Wife & Child, as exhibited at 23 New Bond Street [and] The Wild Indians, as in t...

Boxing.- Mendoza (Daniel) Memoirs of the Life...and an Account of the Numerous Contests in which he has been Engaged, 'new edition' [but second ed...

Boxing.- Art of Boxing (The), engraved frontispiece and title, frontispiece laid down with later ownership name and few scribbles to verso, B2-5 s...

Boxing.- Theatre Royal, Dublin...the celebrated Irish Champion Simon Byrne, who is matched to fight Jem Ward the English Champion, will set to wit...

Broadside ballad.- Poor Robin's Dream: Commonly called, Poor Charity, woodcut illustration, small and faint damp-stain to upper margin, light crea...

Cats.- For One Week Only. The Greatest Wonder in Scotland!! The Astonishing and Sagacious Cats!...Strike upon an Anvil! Roast Coffee! Ring Bells!....

Charles Mathews.- Heath (Henry) Mathew-Orama for 1827, etching with full original hand-colouring, on wove paper without hand-colouring, sheet 290 ...

Charteris (Francis).- Life (The) of Colonel Don Francisco...Actions from his Birth to the Time of his receiving Sentence of Death for Rape..., woo...

Chemistry.- Accum (Fredrick) Chemical Amusement, Comprising a Series of Curious and Instructive Experiments in Chemistry..., 2 parts in 1, first e...

Asian acrobatics and performers.- Chinese School (19th century) Collection of 7 prints, drawings, and broadsides of Chinese acrobats, conjurors, j...

Ching Lau Lauro.- Theatre, Leeds...Ching Lau Lauro's entirely New Arrangement, called the Cabalistic Art...Ventriloquism...Feats of Strength..., v...

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 ga...

Circus acrobatics.- Anonymous (circa 1800) [Advertisement for acrobatic performance], advertisement with three views of circus performers, includi...

Circus drummer.- Anonymous (circa 1820s) [Playbill for English tambour-major Joseph Liebhard performing with 15 drums], illustration of Liebhard e...

Circus.- Acrobats.- de Lange (Jan) Circus scene with acrobats, musicians and tightrope walkers, woodcut with early hand-colouring, Dutch text desc...

Clocks.- Woodhead (J., publisher) An Account of James H[i]rst, Esq. of Rawcliff, Yorkshire, A Most Eccentric Gentleman, broadside detailing antics...

Colley Cibber.- Pitts (J.) Colley Cibber's Whimsical Wager as related at Drury-Lane Theatre, letterpress handbill, 270 x 220 mm (10 1/2 x 8 3/4 in...

Commedia dell'arte.- Harlequin thief.- Simon Duflos (Nicolas) Arlequin Laron Prevost et Juge, image of Harlequin, Pierrot, and Scapin, with letter...

Conjuring.- Anonymous (circa 1740s) Londons Conduct stands the Test, or Bristol & Nottingham weighed in the Balance & found Light with the Sketch ...

Conjuring.- At the Feathers in Yarmouth...Gyngell and Haslup, From London...Art of Dexterity of Hand, With Cards, Eggs, Fruit, and other curious D...

Conjuring.- Hocus Pocus, or The Art of Conjuration..., half-title, engraved frontispiece, 19th century ownership inscription to front free endpape...

Conjuring.- Monsieur Preau, from Paris...Feats in the Art of Legerdemain. A Sterganographical Operation...He will make an Egg Jump...Surprising Ma...

Conjuring.- Anonymous (circa 1757) [Advertisement broadside with the tricks of the magicians Johann Antoni Barth and Gottlieb Riediger], 21 vignet...

Conjuring tricks.- Rotunda Newar Blackfriars Bridges...Mr H. Hall The Great London Wizard's Entertainments of Natural Magic, small playbill with w...

Conjuring.- Deception.- At the Great Room, Chapel Court, Bartholomew-Lane...an Undeceiving Exhibition, With Dissertations on Deception; Discoverin...

Magic.- Wagner (Johann Michael) Allgemeines Magisches Zauberkabinet, 2 parts in 1, fourth enlarged edition, frontispiece and one plate, contempora...

Magic.- Herr Galliver, Eleve des Herrn Comus von Paris...eine Vorstellung seiner Kunstücke sowohl in physischen als algebraischen Experimenten und...

Natural magic & experiments.- Magic! Magic!! Magic & Mystery...Freidrich Kornman, Wizard...Natural Magic! Combining Experiments of Chemistry, Elec...

Escapology.- £50 Challenge. Mr. Watkins, Hairdresser of Leicester challenges Maskar The Escapologist...Theatre Royal, Loughborough, handbill print...

Magic.- Mr. Matthews...Entertainments of Ancient and Modern Magic, with Illustrations of the Marvellous...Artificial Clairvoyance, or Mesmeric Tri...

Conjurors, performers and acrobats.- McLean (Thomas) Mr Matthew's "At Home", etching and aquatint with full hand-colouring, 260 x 165 mm (10 1/4 x...

Criminals.- English Rogue Revived (The): or, The Lives and Actions of Jonathan Wild, Thief-Taker. Joseph Blake alias Blueskin Foot-Pad and John Sh...

Criminals.- Villette (John) The Annals of Newgate; or Malefactors Register. Containing a particular and circumstantial Account of the Lives, Trans...

Criminals.- Genuine Life of John Rann (The), Otherwise Sixteen-Strings Jack; Who is now under Sentence of Death, for Robbing Dr. William Bell..., ...

Criminals.- Malefactor's Register (The); or, The New Newgate and Tyburn Calendar. Containing the Authentic Lives, Trials, Accounts of Executions.....

Criminals.- Life of David Hoggart (The), The Murderer...Related by Himself..., hand-coloured folding engraved frontispiece, wood-engraved vignette...

Cruikshank (George).- London Mathews (The); Containing a Copious Narration of all the Celebrated Entertainments of the Inimitable Charles Mathews....

[Bullock (William)] A Companion to Mr. Bullock's Museum, Containing a Brief Description of Upwards of Ten Thousand Natural & Foreign Curiosities.....

Dogs.- Performing animals.- van Staden & Co. (P.C.L., publisher) [Here we see depicted what can be taught a dog, to accustom him to honour his mas...

Dwarfism.- Anonymous (German, circa 1710) Jacob Ries der Sohn Marcus, gebohren in ...Prag, ietzo aber in ...Wien, broadside on a Jewish dwarf call...

Dwarfism.- Now to be seen, at the Watch-Maker's, opposite the Cannon Tavern...Mr. John Coan, the Norfolk Dwarf...the most extraordinary Production...

Dwarfism.- Exceptional characters.- English School (19th century) Miss Crachami the Sicilian Dwarf, original portrait study, presumably from life,...

Dwarfism.- Wonders of Nature. Two of the Greatest Curiosities in England...Signora Favant'a [Sic. Favanta], the Smallest Female Dwarf in this Coun...

Dwarfism.- F.M. Uffner's Marvelous Midgets...At the Midget's Palace, Brighton Beach Bathing Pavilion. Coney Island. General Mite and Lucia Zarate....

Dwarfism.- Bower Saloon Upper Marsh, Lambeth...The Extraordinary Indian Dwarf Mahomet Baux...The Only Indian Dwarf Ever Introduced into England!, ...