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BENEVOL (Luigi Maria Benevolo, 1865 – 1939). Group of Benevol Ephemera. French, 1910s – 30s. Including two small broadsides, theater programs, two oversize printed portraits (of Benevol and his wife) likely cut from a large poster, and a small scrapbook (approximately twenty leaves) of clippings regarding the magician and his decapitation illusion. The largest item 22 x 8 ¾”. Expected wear; good or better overall.
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BENEVOL (Luigi Maria Benevolo, 1865 – 1939). Group of Benev...
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