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MR JACOBS - Enters his Temple of Enchantment, attended by his Goblin Sprites and surrounded by his magnificent, costly and unique apparatus, will commence with his wonders of ancient necromancy...[and] M. Rousseau, the French equilibrist, will perform some of the most wonderful jeux de balance ever witnessed in this country...An improvisational effusion by Mr Jacobs, in which he will poetize on any subject given him by the audience, after the manner of the Italians. To be followed by The Classical Groupings of the Patagonian Wonders, Who will introduce their laughable and characteristic United Service Dance. To conclude with a new divertisement in Vetriloquism, Entitled Alderman Gobble and His Curious Family in which Mr Jacobs will imitate the extraordinary number of Twelve Persons.The Strand Theatre, printed by Helyer, Greewich, 1842. Single sheet, 570 x 220 mm, a few minor creases and chips not affecting the text. Mr Jacobs appears to be a master of his profession with a very wide range of tricks and voices. The French equilibrist M. Rousseau, is not, alas, the philosopher Jean-Jacques, who was in fact Swiss, and who died over 60 years previously. GBP 504.00 [Appr.: EURO 596.75 US$ 639.78 | JP¥ 100985] Book number 39506is offered by:
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