The new registered game of historical loto [game] : a capital round game adapted for any number of players, combining instruction with amusement / [designed by Mrs. Anderson]

Accession number: 
PML 88494.1-2
Author: 
Anderson, Mrs.
Published: 
London : Published and Sold Wholesale by John Jaques & Son, 102 Hatton Garden, London, and to be had at all the principal Fancy Repositories, [ca. 1870]
Description: 
1 game ; 11.5 x 20 x 14.1 cm (box) + 1 booklet
Credit: 
Gift of Julia P. Wightman, 1991.
Notes: 

Title from lid of box.
Title and designer's name on booklet.
Set of historical lotto game subtitled "Events in the Lives of Monarchs from William I to William IV" (V&A collections cat.) Consists of 35 large green printed cards (10 x 16.3 cm) each with the name of a monarch, and 14 dates or numbers associated with their reign ; 527 small pink paper counters in a brown silk draw-string bag, 478 of which bear dates or numbers, 49 are blank ; 36 red, and 133 white disc-shaped bone counters in a decorated paper box ; a small rectangular mahogany tray to hold the bone counters ; and a folding mahogany board with a hinged leg at one end by which the board may be tilted to form a chute down the grooves of which a marble ball may descend to ring a bell suspended from a metal stand at the bottom. This is a timing device for the players.
Accompanied by a folded sheet of rules with publisher's advertisements on back cover (PML 88494.2)

Binding: 
Publisher's mahogany box divided into 3 compartments with a sliding lid bearing a green title label, printed in black.
Variant Title: 

The new game of historical loto : (English history.)

Provenance: 
From the library of Julia P. Wightman.
Classification: 
Game
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Department: 
Printed Books