Beschreibung:

Game of Victoria, Queen of the Seas or British Colonists, Edward Wallis, circa 1840s, card game comprising thirteen (of 18) hand-coloured engraved cards and sixteen (of 18) printed cards representing various British Colonies and figures in (mostly) native dress, 7.5 x 6.5cm (3 x 2.5ins), with 7pp. booklet 'Directions for Playing the Game', contained in the original pictorial wooden box, together with Jigsaw Puzzle . Birds and their Nests drawn by Giacomelli and described by Mrs Surr, Thomas Nelson and Sons, circa 1878, a wooden double-sided jigsaw puzzle depicting six birds, accompanied by an illustrated book, part of the Queen Series of Picture Books, six colour lithograph plates of birds (matching those in the puzzle), with descriptions, jigsaw with one piece missing and one piece with a small loss, contained in the original wooden box with pictorial lid (repaired), plus Varty's Bible Illustrations Dissected: The Miracles of Christ, a wooden jigsaw illustrating six scenes from the life of Christ, complete (one interlocking tab broken but present), with a folded key picture laid onto linen, contained in the original pictorial box with printed publisher's advertisements on back of lid (lid repaired), plus The History of Printing, a wooden jigsaw, comprising forty-seven (of 48) pieces depicting historic moments in printing, contained in original pictorial wooden box, plus The Good Shepherd, a wooden double-sided jigsaw by Peacock & Co, depicting four scenes from the life of Christ, with an (incomplete) booklet describing the pictured stories and with full-page colour lithographs of the four scenes, contained in original pictorial wooden box Provenance: From the collection of Percy H. Muir. (5)