Code: 10189
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FRENCH c. 1846
La Comète de 1846 (The Comet of 1846).
Woodcut; c. 1846. A canard published by Delauney-Bloquet, Rouen. Canard were printed news (often false or exaggerated), a precursor to newspapers. They were usually printed when something happened of note, not periodically. The sheet notes that the comet was seen the previous Wednesday by a Mr Bishop who had an observatory in Regent’s Park, London. The verso of the sheet gives other colorful news including an attempted murder in Ajaccio, a gory murder of a jewelry thief in Lahore and a description of the clothing of the inhabitants of Nook Sound in Canada.
425 x 260 mm 16 ¾ x 10 ¼ inches
