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P. Hell. Mechanisch-Automatisches Schauspiel. Np, nd 

Letterpress playbill (417 x 350 mm). Large woodcut vignette depicting a magical performance featuring decapitation, printed in German in Fraktur fonts; two old folds, browned at folds, some spots and smudging.

A handsome early German playbill announcing a performance by Mechanikus P. Hell, whose entertainments featured an automaton, magic lanterns, phantasmagoria, and a decapitation illusion.