The Chinese sensitive leaf

by Jan Pertista Chaseretto

$375 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books · No longer available

England? : c. 1810 . Broadside, approx. 12¼ x 7¾ , text beginning with: This is an account of the remarkably sympathetic power of the CHINESE SENSITIVE LEAF, invented by one of the most celebrated operators, by the name of Jan Pertista Chaseretto, from China... Old folds with some minor loss at creases, manuscript address from a Mr. Eaton to Alexander L... on verso. Lacking the leaves themselves, as usual. The broadside is not dated but the paper is watermarked 1808. The

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