Explanation to the Royal Game of British Sovereigns; exhibiting The most remarkable Events in each Reign, from egbert the first king, to that of his present majesty

[BRITISH SOVEREIGNS]

Verlag: Printed for E. Wallis, [s.d., c. 1820], London

Beschreibung

35pp, [1]. Stitched within original publisher's wrappers. Some marking and dog-earing. [With:] The Royal Game of British Sovereigns exhibiting The most remarkable events in each Reign from Egbert to George III. London. Published by J. & E. Wallis, [s.d.] Hand-coloured, elaborately engraved folding sheet, mounted on linen. A trifle marked, with repaired tears to verso. The whole contained within original publisher's slipcase, with hand-coloured engraved pictorial title. Stained, worn to extremities. A rare survival of an obscure early nineteenth-century educational board game wherein players learn history whilst progressing through the reigns of various English and British sovereigns, with the original rule book and preserved in the original slipcase. The board consists of a hand-coloured 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 centre of the board. In the booklet each of the 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 entry 53, under George III, describes Bonaparte on board the Bellerophon in 1815. An additional final entry reads: '1817. This Game was published at Wallis's Juvenile Repository, 42, Skinner-street. - Whoever arrives here first is declared winner, and is recommended to proceed to the Publisher's, to purchase another Game, equally instructive and amusing.' The game requires counters, markers, and teetotum, not supplied by publisher. Rare; OCLC locates a single copy of the 1817 first edition (UCLA), four copies of the third edition (Birmingham, Illinois, Morgan and Yale), and two copies of the fifth edition (Harvard and Princeton). COPAC adds two further undated copies (without the provision of edition statements), at Cambridge and V&A. Size: 12mo. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers AQ28160

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Explanation to the Royal Game of British ...

Verlag: Printed for E. Wallis, [s.d., c. 1820], London

Einband: Softcover

Auflage: Second edition.