Spondulix Petroleum Co. / Capital $50,000,000 / Shares 50 cts Each. / Dividends Declared Very Often… / Every Stockholder is Entitled to One Copy of the Famous Petroleum Galop.
New York: Wm. A. Pond, 1865. Folio, 13 ½ x 10 ½ inches. Fine condition. An unusual use of sheet music as satire, with the lithographed cover showing a fake stock certificate. The cover - engraved by Major & Knapp - advertises an ownership share in the Spondolix Petroleum company.....