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(FREAKS.) F. Battalia, the Stone Eater.
(FREAKS.) F. Battalia, the Stone Eater. Two engraved portraits, one full-length and the other three-quarter, both showing Battalia with a goblet in one hand and a plate of stones in the other. The larger measures 9 1/4x6 inches sheet size (23x15 cm); the smaller is 6 1/4x4 1/4 inches sheet size (16x11 cm). Np, nd.
- Notes: This fellow was born clutching three stones in one of his little hands. He wouldn't eat more common food, but delighted in consuming rocks which after a period of six days he would pass as sand.
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