Accession number
PML 88473
Published
[Italy] : s.n. , [ca. 1770]
Credit line
Gift of Julia P. Wightman, 1991.
Notes
12 cards, 8 of which contain 20 original numbered wash drawings of architecture, figures, and objects (nos. 1-120 , 141-160, and 241-260) ; and 4 cards executed by the same artist in decoupage, using 20 contemporary prints in contemporary coloring (nos. 161-240)
Library's copy lacking the seventh card (nos. 121-140)
With Wightman box (22 x 6.5 cm) containing 260 tan cardboard counters (possibly 19th century) with the numbers written in black ink. .
Title, location, and date from bookseller's description.
The drawings and prints are laid down on heavy cardboard with Dutch flowered paper on verso.
Game of chance similar to bingo, in which numbered counters are drawn by the players who cover the corresponding numbers on their cards.
Library's copy lacking the seventh card (nos. 121-140)
With Wightman box (22 x 6.5 cm) containing 260 tan cardboard counters (possibly 19th century) with the numbers written in black ink. .
Title, location, and date from bookseller's description.
The drawings and prints are laid down on heavy cardboard with Dutch flowered paper on verso.
Game of chance similar to bingo, in which numbered counters are drawn by the players who cover the corresponding numbers on their cards.
Description
12 cards of 13 : col. ill. (drawings, engravings) ; drawings: 28.6 x 21.2 cm; engravings: 27.9 x 20.4 cm
Provenance
From the library of Julia P. Wightman.
Binding
In a contemporary folder of Dutch flowered boards with yellow silk ties. In modern 1/2 green morocco with floral paper sides stamped J.P.W. 1948 (38 x 25 cm).
Classification
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