A Brief Biographical Sketch Of I A Van Amburgh And An Illustrated And Descriptive History Of The

by Hyatt Frost Manager

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New York: Printed by Samuel Booth, 1865 . 8vo. 70, 1 pp. Illustrated from wood engravings, portrait, plates, vignettes; text enclosed within an ornamental border throughout. Van Amburgh 1808-1865 , an “American animal trainer who developed the first trained wild animal act in modern times, … the first to put his head in the mouth of a lion” Wikipedia ; includes illustrated sketches of a wide range of wild animals. This edition not

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