- Lacks 2 backgrounds and possibly a few figurines; box worn and dam. = Very rare.
AND 4 others, i.a. a wooden block puzzle and 2 wood veneer boxes containing mother-of-pearl tokens.
- Lid lacks sm. portion.
= A rare parlor game were players must compete to correctly identify musical themes printed on the back of various color-coded paper slips. Included is a booklet of playing instructions as well as a full list of all of the printed musical themes. Dedicated to Queen Elisabeth of Belgium. Hitster avant la lettre.
- Fine and attractively handcol. copy.
= The "stoombootspel" is a kind of "ganzebord" or goose game. Papertoys p.272 (ill. (this copy)) and 273: "Afgebeeld is waarschijnlijk het in 1823 gebouwde raderstoomschip 'De Nederlander', eigendom van de Nederlandsche Stoomboot Maatschappij te Rotterdam, dat zowel passagiers als vracht vervoerde."
= Cf. Tietjens-Schuurman, Van toverlantaarn tot kinematograaf no.371. Early precursor of motion pictures. By the mid-19th century, the Phenakistoscope became very popular and was published by various publishers under various different names. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XLIX.
- Lacks one text card (no.8); box sl. worn and dustsoiled.
= The text cards contain a cryptic description of something, which is depicted on the corresponding picture card. I.a. "Ich bin nicht mehr in Mutterleib/ Und bin doch nicht gebohren/ Und bin zum Kinder Zeitvertreib/ Zur Speiss und Frank erkohren" (an egg). Very rare, no copy traced. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XLVIII.
- Folded. = Variation on goose board, published as supplement to the Kinder-courant (vol. 22).
AND 1 other similar game: "Verne's reis om de wereld in tachtig dagen".
- Slipcase worn/ dam.
= Game based upon knowledge of the traditions and pastimes in different countries. The engraved cards depict scenes from Bohemia, England, The Netherlands, Italy, Portugal, Russia, Scotland, Sweden and Hungary. Each country has 2 text cards with descriptions. The game is further played with tokens and dice, incl. 9 lettered dice for each country (7 dice pres. in our copy, prob. not originals). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XLVIII.
- Loose; lacks one leaf (and backwr.?).
= Papertoys p.239. Very rare. The frontwrapper lists the following games: "Arlequinspel", Wedrenspel", "Doolhofspel", "Velocipedespel" (lacking in our copy), "Molenspel", "Ganzenspel" and "Wedloopspel".
- Doubled w. linen; folded twice; sl. wrinkled and occas. sl. frayed. = Rare. Papertoys p.267.
- Yellowed and previously folded twice; sl. frayed in blank margins.
= Buijnsters, Papertoys, p.106 (with a variant title to the rules of the game).
- Lacks one card.
= Probably 19th cent. reprint of the famous deck of tarot cards by Nicolas Bodet (Brussels, ±1750).
AND a similar deck of 68 (of 78) tarot cards.
- Lacks card 55; cards sl. soiled; wrs. of manual loose but holding on cords; sl. foxed/ stained. Box repaired w. sellotape.
= Rare game of tarots. Cf. Hoffmann/ Dietrich 103.
- Lacks 7 cards. = Cf. Cary FRA 201.
- Unused. = With original envelope and explanatory leaflet.
- Sl. fingersoiled. Spine restored and wrappers reattached w. scotch tape.
= Story about mr. and mrs. Van Piepelenburg trying to catch a mouse (failing disastrously). Adapted from "De muis of de gestoorde nachtrust" by Braga Jr., 1st edition at Van Kampen, circa 1864, that being an adaptation of "Die Maus" by Wilhelm Busch, 1860 (Lust & leering, p. 223 and 442).
Agatha (= R. de Goeje). Lucie en hare Moeder. Rott., J.G. Robbers, n.d. (1870), (10) leaves, 6 col. lithogr. plates, contemp. hcl., orig. col. lithogr. wr. pres., 4to.
- Sl. foxed. = Lust en Leering p.449, note 26.
AND 7 others, i.a. BRAGA JR., De muis of de gestoorde nachtrust (Rott., n.d. (±1890), col. ills., orig. wr., obl. 8vo) and W.P. RAZOUX, Een nieuw aardig prentenboek. Als vervolg op het beroemde Hoogduitsche kinderwerk: "Der Struwwelpeter" (Schiedam, n.d. (±1900), col. ills., orig. hcl., 4to. Contents loose(ning)).
- Corners and boardedges sl. worn; covers w. some slight scratches.
= Cf. Spielmann, Printed Kate Greenaway 135.2a. "Considered by many to be Kate Greenaway's most important work" (Osborne Coll. 64).
AND 3 others by the same, all Dutch ed., i.a. KLEURBOEK VOOR 'T JONGE VOLKJE (Rotterdam, n.d. (±1880), num. ills. by K. GREENAWAY, contemp. hmor.).
= Fine copy of a remarkable and extremely rare children's leporello, combining photomontages with drawn images, dealing with the history of transportation, from coaches to ships, cars, trains and airplanes. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XLIX.
- Contemp. owner's entry on verso frontisp.; 1 quire loose; occas. sl. foxed. Spine-ends, corners and backcover sl. rubbed. Good copy.
= Rare hunting book with chapters on i.a. fox hunting, ibex-shooting, sharks in the Mediterranean, shooting pelicans and wild fowl on the Danube, catching a cayman and whaling in the artic regions.
- Covers sl. waterst./ dustsoiled and worn along extremities. Internally fine.
= Nicely illustrated children's book, celebrating the exploits of the French aviators during World War I.
AND 1 other: G. RIPART, La Sauterelle. Sport, Aventures, Tourisme (ibid., (1933), col. ills. and orig. clothbacked boards by G. RIPART, folio).