Accession number:
PML 88663
Published:
[Germany] : s.n., [18--]
Description:
1 box of blocks (59) ; 6 cards : handcol. ill. (lithograph) ; 13.2 x 13 cm (card) ; 15.5 x 16 x 1.7 cm (box)
Credit:
Gift of Arthur and Ellen Liman, 2015.
Notes:
Title from lid of box.
Nineteenth century architectural building block toy comprising 59 yellow wooden blocks in different sizes and shapes and four hand-colored lithograph specimen sheets with the titles in three languages and the number of blocks required, indicated below the pictures.
1 small triangular block lacking, and 5 others have been replaced in the library's copy.
"Mayence"--in black ink on verso of the Pallast card.
Binding:
Red wooden box, lined with green glazed paper; slip-top lid with hand-colored pictorial lithograph label pasted on. Sketch of the arrangement of the blocks in the box is pasted inside the lid.
Variant Title:
L'architecture en miniature
Provenance:
From the collection of Mrs. Ellen Liman.
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