A circus broadside printed on both sides advertising John and Philip Astley's performances at the Amphitheatre in Paris in 1795. The show included for the first time their performing monkey General Jackoo; the verso of the broadsheet includes a detailed description of some of the tricks that the monkey performed as well ten woodcuts showing the monkey dressed as a human performing his tricks; a 3-year-old child musician; horses dancing a minuet; Chinese shadows; a castle attacked by wild dogs, etc
Alternative Title:
Exercices surprenans, par le Sieur Astley fils, Par permission du roi & de Mgr. Le Lieutenant General de Police, and Par permission du roi et de Mgr. Le Lieutenant General de Police
Description:
Caption title., Caption title on verso: Détail des exercices du fameux singe, nommé Général Jaco. Amphitheatre de Sieur Astely, rue du Fauxbourg du Temple. Aujourd'hui & toutes les festes., At head of title: Par permission du roi & de Mgr. Le Lieutenant General de Police. Amphithéatre. Rue de Fauxbourg du Temple ..., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Perm. de l'Imp. & dist. ce 22 Nov. 1785 De Crosner ; de l'imp de P. de Lormel, rue du Foin
Title from item., Date derived from printmaker's date of death., Original work created 1848., Below image at right: Londres, Gambert et Cie; Dusseldorf, Buddeus., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., See Wolf-Heidegger and Cetto 280., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Dissection., and Blind stamped.
Publisher:
Imp. Bertauts, r. Cadet, Paris
Subject (Name):
Vesalius, Andreas, 1514-1564,
Subject (Topic):
Human dissection, Human anatomy, Dead persons, Skulls, and Physicians
Title from item., Date supplied by curator., Place of publication derived from street address., Above image: Caricaturana No. 53., Below left: Ch:Ph:invt.H.D. lith., Originally published in Le Charivari, 18 January 1837., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Pharmacies, interior.
Publisher:
Chez Aubert, gal véro dodat and Imp. d'Aubert et de Junca
Subject (Topic):
Medical care, Cost of., Pharmacists, Drugstores, Men, Medicines, Scales, and Sticks (Staffs).
Title from item., Date from British Museum website., Place of publication from item., In lower margin: Extrait des Voyages de Mr. Forsoeck, Chirurgien Hollandais, présent au départ d'un Criminel, en 1774., Description from British Museum website: Illustration to the story of the Poison of the Bohon Upas Tree on the island of Java; the condemned criminal arrives to collect the poisonous sap, with previous unsuccessful victims lying dead on the ground., Sheet trimmed., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Poison.
Publisher:
Se vend à Paris chez Helman, Graveur de Madame, Rue St. Honoré, vis-à-vis l'Hotel de Noailles, No. 315 and Chez Ponce, Graveur de Mgr. Comte d'Artois, Rue St. Hiacinte, No. 19.
Subject (Topic):
Upas, Criminals, Plant toxins, Death, Trees, Harvesting, and Dead persons
Title engraved below image., From: Revue générale de l’architecture et des travaux publics, Vol. XXIII--Pl.24-25., Complex is now called Centre hospitalier Gérard-Marchant., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Revue Générale de l'Architecture et des Travaux Publics--6, Rue Sorbonne, Paris. Dirige par Mr. César Daly, architecte
Title in top margin., Date and publisher from copy in British Museum, museum number 2003,0531.43., Description from British Museum: Satire on ballooning: an office of 'Bureau de Diligences' takes names of passengers who fly away to the left carried by farts induced by air blown into their backsides., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Clysters., Trimmed within plate except bottom., and Discolored. Center crease.
Publisher:
André Basset
Subject (Topic):
Enema, Ballooning, Flatulence, Flying, Medical equipment & suppies, and Barrels
Title from item., Creator and date supplied by Paris Musées website. https://apicollections.parismusees.paris.fr/iiif/200004190/manifest., Place of publication derived from publisher's street address., In image top: La Caricature (Journal); Pl. 102., Published in La Caricature., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Attached clipping describes print.
Publisher:
Chez Aubert editeur Galerie Véro Dodat and Lith de Delaporte rue de l'Abbaye no 4.
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Topic):
Kings and rulers, Succession, Nobility, History, Skeletons, Death, Capes (Clothing)., Feathers, and Staffs (Sticks).
Title from item., Date derived from printmaker's date of death., Publisher's statement supplied by curator., The painting by Gros is dated 1804., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Infectious Disease.
Publisher:
Publié par Furne, à Paris
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821.
Subject (Topic):
Plague, Medicine, Military, Sick persons, Emperors, and Military personnel