c.1888 QUACK MEDICINE TUBERCULOSIS Piso’s Cure CHAPBOOK MINIATURE BOOK Wadena MN

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c.1888 CHILDREN’S CHAPBOOK PROMOTING QUACK MEDICINE CURE FOR TUBERCULOSIS
THE OLD MUSICIAN. (Piso’s Cure for Consumption and Piso’s Remedy for Catarrh sold by L. L. Benedict, Wadena, Minn.).
(Wadena, MN): L. L. Benedict, [c.1888]. First edition.
Miniature book; child’s chapbook in original pictorial wrappers (c.3 x 2 inches), [16] pages (plus covers).
The story of an old veteran in a Vienna park who plays the violin for money which he collects in a hat held by his dog. Today, no one is giving him anything. A person, who has been observing, comes up to him and asks him for his violin to play. He begins playing beautiful music, and the people toss coins in the old man's hat. After playing for an hour, he leaves. Someone asks who the violinist was… it is Alexander Boucher "the great violinist."
Very good condition for such a fragile, ephemeral item, with wear, small tear and bit of faint staining on rear cover.
A rare quack medicine juvenile chapbook.
Keywords: Juvenile fiction; short story; chapbook; chap-book; quack medicine; patent medicine; 19th century fiction; consumption; tuberculosis; epidemic; children’s books; toy books; miniature books
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