NO RESERVE Siege of Paris (1870-1871).- Restaurant Noel-Peters. Menu du Diner du 1 Janvier 1871, 3pp., printed, pasted down to blank leaf, light off-setting, slight creasing, Paris, [1871]. ⁂ The meat options on the menu include 'fillet of elephant' and 'haunch of she-bear' bearing testimony to the consumption of the city's zoo animals late in the Siege, most notably the popular elephant pair Castor and Pollux.

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