Amsterdam: Jos. Vas Dias & Co, circa 1900.
Geographical children's game
Colour printed folding board game mounted on stiff card, 345 x 500 mm., colour paper titling label on verso; with 1 pp. of instructions. Dutch geographical board game played on a map stretching from the Indian Ocean to the Strait of Malacca. More
Berlin: A.Sala, circa 1910. Game consisting of 4 pp. instructions, six colour printed boards of the continents, 120 colour printed pictorial playing cards; contained within the original box (330 x 390 x 25 mm.), with colour printed pictorial label on upper lid. A question and answer game of geography for... More
Paris: Pellerin & Cie, circa 1870.
Antique children's board game
Board game with numbered pictorial compartments, being a hand-coloured lithographic sheet measuring 430 x 540 mm. The Pellerin Family of Epinal, France began making popular prints in the mid eighteenth century, by the later half of the nineteenth century, a.... More
Paris: Chromol de Engelmann et Graf, circa 1860. Loto Game, consisting of 18 pictorial game cards, each illustrated with five lithographic scenes, one small cloth bag containing glass counters, one large cloth bag containing 90 numbered circular timber tokens, folio rule sheet printed on yellow paper; all contained in the... More
Lille: chez Vanackere and Paris, chez Nicolle, circa 1806.
Early children's geographical card game
Geographical card game, consisting of 48 cards measuring 105 x 70 mm, each illustrated with a small round engraving by Pierre-François Godard, together with a folded sheet with introduction and rules for the game, and a.... More
Germany: circa 1840.
Rare German lottery game with Australian animals
Lottery game with 12 handcoloured illustrated cards (each with 15 illustrations of mammals), 60 printed markers (text in German, French and English) in a cloth sack and 12 glass counters in a patterned cloth sack, and 2 pp. instruction leaflet;... More
Paris: Logerot, Pauly, and others, circa 1910.
Colonial strategy for youngsters
Six map puzzles, each measuring 330 x 240 mm., housed in the original colour printed card case. Geographical jigsaw puzzle set comprising six maps mounted and cut into parts corresponding to the colonial dominions of major European powers. This... More
London: Bowles and Carver, circa 1801. Dissected map, 54 pieces with three blank replacement pieces (the lost pieces in the regions of Java, Sumatra and Hokkaido); hand-coloured lithograph paper laid down on wood, the completed map measuring 485 x 582 mm., in the original timber box with sliding lid, original... More
London: John Wallis, nd. circa 1820.
A rare mention of Australia…
Folding canvas-backed handcoloured engraved game, in original blind-stamped cloth slipcase with gilt title vignette; in very good original condition; lacks rule book. Very decorative bi-hemispherical race game of a voyage around the world, with Port Jackson and Van Diemen's... More