EDINBURGH TRAVELLING CIRCUS. An interesting letter written in 1816 from a son in Edinburgh (presumably at school) to his father James Burnett
by EDINBURGH Travelling Circus
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- very good
- Condition
- Very Good
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Edinburgh, 1816. Unbound. Very Good. EDINBURGH TRAVELLING CIRCUS. An interesting letter written in 1816 from a son in Edinburgh (presumably at school) to his father James Burnett, a landowner of Caverhill, Fife. There are details of what appears to be either a circus or zoo with "wild beasts including a lion who upon seeing an Officer of the 42nd attempted to get out of his cage at him. He made one of the spars loose". The letter predates the original zoo in Edinburgh, so it is more likely the "wild beasts" were in some sort of travelling show, possibly Polito's Menagerie of Wild Beasts, which was advertised in the Edinburgh newspapers around this time. Written in a large and very legible hand. Folded with address panel on the reverse, and some slight edge tears to folds. 1816. ~ Italian-born Stephano Polito owned a celebrated travelling show, described in newspaper adverts of the period as a '...grand and pleasing assemblage of most rare and beautiful living beasts, from the remotest parts of the known world'. His family continued to tour animals throughout the 1820s-30s, although tragically the exhibit was lost at sea en-route to Ireland in 1835.
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- Bookseller
- Ken Spelman Books Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 161219
- Title
- EDINBURGH TRAVELLING CIRCUS. An interesting letter written in 1816 from a son in Edinburgh (presumably at school) to his father James Burnett
- Author
- EDINBURGH Travelling Circus
- Format/Binding
- Unbound
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1816
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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