Accession number:
PML 88669
Published:
[Paris? : s.n., ca. 1835]
Description:
1 game : handcol. ill. (lithograph) ; 13.2 x 19.2 cm (box)
Credit:
Purchased on the Elisabeth Ball Fund, 2016.
Notes:
Title from lid of box.
Date from bookseller's description.
Children's game comprising 12 numbered, hand-colored lithograph cut-outs (in various sizes up to 14.5 cm high and 17.5 cm wide) on small wooden stands for easy display. Groups of children are depicted playing games and spending their pocket money on sweets and prints while their parents are looking on. The backgrounds of the prints include churches, trees, and a cottage.
"216 0064 L 1750"--in pencil inside lid.
Binding:
Publisher's green cartonnage box, the edges decorated with flower-patterned paper. A hand-colored lithograph title label pasted on the lid shows children looking into a peepshow; within a floral gilt border.
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