Accession number:
PML 86702-03
Published:
London : W. Darton, [1820]
Description:
1 game ; 50 x 40 cm + 1 explanatory booklet of rules (31 p.)
Credit:
Gift of Julia P. Wightman, 1991.
Notes:
Dated from rules booklet.
Twenty-five birds are illustrated in small ovals which have been swallowed by a large serpent.
9 panels laid down to linen. Measures: 50 x 39.6 cm; plate marks: 48.3 x 38.6 cm.
Accompanied by 31-page instruction booklet: Explanation, or Key to British and Foreign birds, a new game, moral, instructive, and amusing. Designed to allure the minds of youth to an acquaintance with the wonders of nature. To which are added, the rules of the game. London: William Darton, 58 Holborn Hill, 1820.
William Darton, Jr., was in business at this address from 1817 to 1823.
Binding:
Marbled envelope with engraved, hand-colored label.
Provenance:
From the library of Miss Julia P. Wightman.
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