Beschreibung
An elaborate set of materials for playing three geographical games, all housed in a purpose made box to approximate the original. Contents: 1. Description de Differens Peuples Remarquables des Cinq Parties du Monde avec des Figures Representant Leur Costume National, by Müller & Klinger. 1807. 12mo. pp. xvi, 127. Booklet describing the peoples depicted on each card, which incidentally makes it possible to collate the cards present. 2. 5 variously coloured slipcases, one for each inhabited continent, each with a printed title label and containing an engraved map and between 4 and 9 hand coloured cards depicting its aboriginal inhabitants, either in couples or in families. Complete with five maps and 32 ethnographic cards [Hottentots from the African set in facsimile]. The American set, for example, illustrates the inhabitants of Tierra del Fuego, Patagonia, the Caribbean, Virginia, Nootka Sound, Alaska and the Arctic. 3. [facsimile] Hand-coloured playing sheet in the shape of an isosceles triangle, folded. 4. [lacking small double hemisphere world map] 5. [lacking small bifolium, instructions for playing the three different geographical games: Jeu de Commerce, Jeu Pedagogique and Divertissement a gages et a punitions plaisantes. The only other copy to be offered in recent time had items 3 - 5 in facsimile. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 40019
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