Dialogue
Journal des débats et des décrets, Paris 2 march 1800, pp. 3-4.
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Satirical dialogue published in the feuilleton: a lady from the provinces enthusiastically lists the curiosities of Paris she has seen in a fortnight, among them Robertson's phantasmagoria, the ventriloquist at the Palais-Égalité, the Panorama, the talking donkey and "the Femme invisible who blew into my hand". Her interlocutor sets against them the chess- and draughts-playing automaton of the young Morosi, reminiscent of Kempelen's; a final note says the automaton can be seen in rue des Poulies, grande place du Louvre opposite the colonnade, no. 211, on the second floor, for 1 franc 80 centimes. Full transcription and Italian translation.
Language
French
