PONDS EXTRACT / FULL DIRECTIONS WITHIN / PREPARED EXCLUSIVELY

by The / Pond'S Extract Co., New York / Pond'S Extract Co., Of London / Limited by Palmer Cox

$225 · Offered by Bartleby's Books

New York: For the Company, 1885 . Stitched pamphlet. 6 1/2 by 5 1/4 in. 16 pp., seven of which are fully illustrated by Palmer Cox. The animal characters and their facial expressions are delightfully entertaining. The text includes a poem running through it and gives a significant number of common illnesses Pond's Extract can cure, as well as the usual testimonials for it: Some Pigs, as round the door they played, ' Were scalded by the kitchen maid, / ...

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