Accession number:
PML 2865.1
Published:
Paris : Henry Le Gras, libraire, au 3.e pilier de la Grande Salle du Palais, [1644]
Description:
1 set of 52 cards : engraving ; 15 x 9.5 cm.
Credit:
Purchased with the Irwin collection, 1900.
Notes:
At the command Mazarin, Jean Desmarets and Stefano della Bella designed and engraved in 1644 four educational games for education of the young Louis XIV: the game of kings of France, the game of the famous queens, gambling fables and the game of geography.
Binding:
Black gilt-tooled morocco by Gruel.
Provenance:
Theodore Irwin, purchased from J.O. Wright, Dec., 1887; Pierpont Morgan, purchased with the Irwin collection, 1900.
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