Accession number
PML 85720.1-3
Published
London : Printed for E. Wallis, 42, Skinner Street, Snow Hill, 1820
Credit line
Gift of Elisabeth Ball, 1965.
Notes
Title from gameboard. Imprint from t.p. and date from p. 35 of instruction booklet.
The board of library's copy now unfolded and matted (PML 85720.1); booklet (PML 85720.2) and slipcase (PML 85720.3) stored separately in same box.
"1820. The present edition of this Game was published at Wallis's Juvenile Repository, 42, Skinner-street.--Whoever arrives here first is declared winner, and is recommended to proceed immediately to the Publisher's, to purchase another Game, equally instructive and amusing."--p. 35 of instruction booklet.
The board consists of a handcolored engraved sheet mounted in 12 sections on a single folded sheet of linen; 53 illustrated panels in an oval, counter-clockwise, spiral track, surround the title and "Rules of the game" engraved in center of board.
Issued with booklet: 35 p., in original tan wrappers. Each of its 53 entries lists the name of the sovereign and the dates of accession and death. The first entry describes Egbert being crowned King of England, while the last entry, no. 53 under George III describes Bonaparte on board the Bellerophon.
Game requires counters, markers, and teetotum, not supplied by publisher.
"Printed by T. Davis, 102, Minories"--booklet p. 35.
The board of library's copy now unfolded and matted (PML 85720.1); booklet (PML 85720.2) and slipcase (PML 85720.3) stored separately in same box.
"1820. The present edition of this Game was published at Wallis's Juvenile Repository, 42, Skinner-street.--Whoever arrives here first is declared winner, and is recommended to proceed immediately to the Publisher's, to purchase another Game, equally instructive and amusing."--p. 35 of instruction booklet.
The board consists of a handcolored engraved sheet mounted in 12 sections on a single folded sheet of linen; 53 illustrated panels in an oval, counter-clockwise, spiral track, surround the title and "Rules of the game" engraved in center of board.
Issued with booklet: 35 p., in original tan wrappers. Each of its 53 entries lists the name of the sovereign and the dates of accession and death. The first entry describes Egbert being crowned King of England, while the last entry, no. 53 under George III describes Bonaparte on board the Bellerophon.
Game requires counters, markers, and teetotum, not supplied by publisher.
"Printed by T. Davis, 102, Minories"--booklet p. 35.
Description
1 game : ill. (handcol. engravings) ; 47.2 x 61.2 cm; folded to: 20 x 11.5 cm + 1 booklet
Provenance
From the Elisabeth Ball collection.
Binding
Publisher's brown slipcase, with handcolored engraved pictorial label pasted on front. (21 x 12.5 cm)
Classification
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