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Ladies & gentlemen: I am deaf and dumb : consequently am obliged, so as to earn my livelihood to offer for sale to the sympathetic public the present little book which contains 72 humorous shadowgraphs.
- Date
- [1903?]
- Books
About this work
Description
Booklet containing 72 'shadowgraphs' (images made from the shadows of people's hands with a few props). Includes a chart of the manual alphabet and a portrait of the Abbot Charles de l'Épée (1712-1789), "originator of the deaf and dumb alphabet".
Publication/Creation
[Place of publication not identified] : [s.n], [1903?]
Physical description
7 pages : illustrations ; 16 cm
Notes
Cover title.
Type/Technique
Languages
- English
Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed storesP997