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The Fire King, Monsieur Chabert (Ivan Ivanitz Chabert)A group of five playbills Kingston Rooms, The Two Wonderful Russian Fire-Proof Phenomena. Bath: Richard Cruttwell, 1819. Letterpress handbill (240 x 170 mm). Printed in several type sizes; old folds, creases, "549" in black ink to head. Tipped onto a sheet of paper. — New Bond Street ... The Only Poison and Heat Resisting Phenomena. [London]: Robarts, [ca. 1820]. Letterpress playbill (450 x 186 mm). Printed in several type sizes; old folds, ink smudge from printing error, a few spots. — Royal Coburg Theatre ... The Fire King!. [London]: np, 1830. Letterpress playbill (380 x 255 mm). Woodcut vignette depicting Chabert at center; creases, a few spots. Mounted on a sheet of paper. — Mermaid Tavern ... Mons. Chabert, The Celebrated Fire King. London: J.W. Peel, nd. Letterpress playbill (750 x 255 mm). Large engraved illustrations to head and foot; chipped at margins, a few internal chips especially at foot, some smudging or fingersoiling. Mounted on linen. — Argyll Rooms ... M. Chabert. [London]: Mallett, nd. Letterpress playbill (500 x 250 mm). Two woodcut vignettes at center, printed in several typefaces; chips at margins, four horizontal folds, long closed tear along second fold, tape to head, creases. Attractive broadsides advertising Monsieur Chabert, The King of Fire—also known as the "Really Incombustible Phenomenon." Featured on several of these playbills is one of his most acclaimed acts, the Temple of Fire, in which he would enter a cage and become engulfed in flames. The head of one playbill reads, "By particular desire of several Medical Gentlemen of the Royal College of Physicians," who must have been highly curious about Chabert's feats.