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Three illustrated articles from a rare Victorian 1899 periodical - the first article is entitled "Wooden Legged Celebrities" by Jessie W Brown 5 pages describing several famous people who have had a wooden artificial leg - Illustrations include

  • Admiral Benbow
  • Samuel Foote
  • Josiah Wedgewood
  • Jenny Cameron
  • General Pierre Daumesnil
  • Marquis of Anglesey

    The second is entitled "The Largest and Little-est of Books" half a page illustrating the largest and smallest books in existence

    Finally a 5 page article entitled "The Coronation of a Gipsy King" by Alick Munro describing the Coronation of Gipsy King Charles II (AKA Charles Faa Blythe) which took place on Whitsun Monday 30 May 1898 at Kirk-Yetholm

    Illustrations include

  • King Charles II in his robes of state
  • The Coronation Ceremony
  • The King with the herediary Archbishop of Little Egypt and other Gipsy Officials
  • The Court of the Gipsy King
  • King Charles in Undress uniform
  • The Gipsy Monarch and his bodyguard of Halberdiers
  • The Palace of the Gipsy King

    Please note this listing is for genuine actual pages extracted from a scarce disbound magazine, there are no covers. Some articles may include the ending or beginning of other articles,Whilst the images show the article in its still bound state, the article will be sent as loose pages. Some pages may be showing signs of foxing / browning due to the age of the paper

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