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A 19th century Greek-themed 'Goose Game'

Anonymous.

Jeu de l'oie. Renouvelé des Grecs.
Metz: Paulin Didion, c. 1855. 390 x 520mm.

Original cloth hinges repaired with old tape.

A very scarce goose-game celebrating the 'Revival of the Greeks'. It consisted of 62 illustrated boxes in a counter-clockwise spiral, with a final space, number 63, with an illustration with four figures in Zouave costume. The corners are filled with vignettes of a family playing the game, a goose breeder and two of hunting geese. The rules are written in French in the middle.


Stock ID : 18776

£750

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Stock Id :18776

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A 19th century Greek-themed 'Goose Game'

Anonymous.

Jeu de l'oie. Renouvelé des Grecs.
Metz: Paulin Didion, c. 1855. 390 x 520mm.

Original cloth hinges repaired with old tape.

A very scarce goose-game celebrating the 'Revival of the Greeks'. It consisted of 62 illustrated boxes in a counter-clockwise spiral, with a final space, number 63, with an illustration with four figures in Zouave costume. The corners are filled with vignettes of a family playing the game, a goose breeder and two of hunting geese. The rules are written in French in the middle.


Stock ID : 18776

£750

£750

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