[Card games] Five card games, 19th-early 20th cent.: (1) Storytelling domino game

Ca. 1880. Complete set of 28 board cards and 2 blank cards, each measuring 6 x 9.5 cm. One side dep. the standard combinations of numbers in black and white, the other side shows...

[Card games] Nieuw vermeerdert kort en grondig onderwys van het Al-om-Vermaard en zeer Vermakelyk

Volte-spel. Als mede van het a l'hombre en piketten. The Hague, P. van den Burg, n.d. (1721). (8),9-38,(4),45-108,(2),113-141 p., engr. frontispiece, engr. title-vignette and num....

[Card games] Three titles: (1) Bullet, J.B. Historiesch onderzoek [...] der speelkaarten

Alkmaar, Koster, n.d. (ca. 1810). (4),59 (=95) p. Contemp. wrapper. Sm. 8vo. Hinges weakening, margins frayed, else good. Rare popular treatise on cards. (2) Wetten, Regels en...

[Card games] Three titles: (1) Het kaartspelen gemakkelijk gemaakt,

of handleiding om de vermaaklijkste spellen, als hombre, piketten, reversie, tarok, cassino, whist, boston, commerce, farao, marriage, vingt un, lanterlu enz. te leeren, en zich...

[Cards and cardgames] Thirteen var. prints dep. series of playing cards

18th-early 20th century, var. sizes, incl. several portions cut from larger sheets of the same series. Nice collection, comprising a.o.: (1) "Toverkaart of geneesmiddel der Wind-breuken...

[Catchpenny prints] Calligraphed wish and seven popular prints, 19th-cent

"Kersdicht Aan Mijn Waarde Ouders"; Contemp. handcol. lithogr. Print, produced for children to honour their parents with a handwritten/ calligraphed wish in pen. Sheet size 44...

[Catchpenny prints] Forty-two var. catchpenny prints: (1) Trap des ouderdoms:

"Mensch wil merken de Tyd heeft vlerken. Van de wieg tot aan 't graf, legt den mensch dels loopbaan af." Stencil-col. woodcut, 26.8 x 35.8 cm, w. 12-line verse and numbered "N....

[Catchpenny prints] Münchener Bilderbogen. Seventeen vols.

Munich, Braun & Schneider, ca. 1870. Both coloured and uncoloured, containing approx. 350 catchpenny prints. Bindings worn, some spines rebacked, occas. sl. soiled, but most prints...

Catchpenny prints. 23 bound vols.

Late 19th to early 20th cent. All handcol., both hc and sc, folio. Comprising: (1) Album d'Images 1. Epinal, Imagerie de Pellerin. (2) Album d'Images. Imageries Réunies. Cover...

Catchpenny prints. Lot of nineteen bound vols.

Most late 19th cent. Comprising: (1) Série Supérieure aux Armes d'Epinal. 2 vols. Imagerie Pellerin. Sc. And 5 other vols. by Imagerie Pellerin. (2) Avontuurlijke Verhalen, album...

Catchpenny prints. Ten bound vols.

Most late 19th cent. All handcol., in ill. cloth, folio. Comprising: (1) Album d'Images, 4 vols. Imagerie de Pont-a-Mousson. (2) Mes Images, series 1 and 2. Paris Société Francaise...

[Educational game] Die Reise um die Welt. Ein geographisches Gesellschaftspiel

zur Unterhaltung und Belehrung für die Jugend. Zweite verbesserte Auflage. Berlin, G. Söhlke, ca. 1870. 36 p. Sides sl. frayed. With: (2) A 'Reise-Pass für Charles zur Reise von...

[Jeu de Tarot] Tarot Nouveau/Bourgeois Tarot, complete set

N.p., n.publ, ca. 1865. Set of 78 printed cards (approx. 6 x 11 cm). Including a fine, legible handwritten note with the rules of the game.

[Jeu de Tarot] Two decks of uncut cards in Turnhout Spanish pattern

Turnhout, n.publ., ca. 1860. One sheet with two decks in 96 uncut cards (sheet size approx. 60 x 74 cm). Refined lithographic line drawings; printed in colour with use of 'Belgian...

[Myriorama] Brès, J.-P. Early 19th century Myriorama

Collection de plusieurs milliers de Paysages. Paris, Lefuel, ca. 1825. Fine contemp. handcol. aquatint cards with gilt borders to form interchangeable panoramic landscape scenes,....

[Oracle/Magic Cards] Deck of 36 cards, Melle Lenormand

Bruges, Daveluy, ca. 1900. Set of 36 printed cards (ca. 6 x 9 cm), each with French suit symbols, numbered and with short explanatory texts. Publisher's imprint 'Daveluy, Bruges'...

[Paper theatres] "Théâtre". Col. lithogr. theatre stage

Late 19th cent. Mounted on cut-out wooden frame, verso w. mounted paper address "Fabrique d'Images de Gangel et P. Didion, à Metz". 39.5 x 53 cm. W. 12 chromolithogr./ watercolour...

[Paper theatres] Collection of approx. 400 paper theatre figures

(1) 150 paper theatre figuresGermany, late 19th/ early 20th cent. Var. subjects. Chromolithogr. cut-out figures, all affixed to wooden base (incl. labelled bases) and w. flexible...

[Paper theatres] Collection of approx. 45 chromolithogr. or handcol. paper theatre backgrounds

19th/ early 20th cent. (1 late 18th cent. optical view). Var. obl. folio sizes mounted on board (a few on wood, some double-sided) or reinforced w. a frame of sticks at the back,...

[Paper theatres] Collection of approx. 600 chromolithographic plates for paper theatres

mostly issued by Pellerin at Epinal. Early 20th cent., var. obl. folio sizes, partly mounted on board, kept in 8 modern board boxes. Incl. num. duplicates. Sold as a collection...

[Paper theatres] Collection of approx. 90 paper theatres and accessories

Mostly 1920-1970, but also earlier examples, incl. theatres complete w. stage and all accessories. Comprises: (1) Collection of 30 shaped paper puppets, issued by Pantswowy Teatr...

[Paper Theatres] Collection of approx. 95 accessories

Mostly mid to late 19th cent., consisting of (hand)col. lithogr. plates mounted on board, comprising front stages, complete or partial background scenes on hanging sticks and num....

[Paper theatres] Trentsensky, M. (ca. 1860). Collection of paper theatre backgrounds

Fourteen (hand)col. lithogr. backgrounds for paper theatres, var. obl. folio sizes, all mounted on board w. printed address of Trentsensky in Vienna, the title and the "Decoration"...

[Peepshow/Diorama] Engelbrecht, Martin. A Chinese City

Chinesisches Staedtchen; 'Einer Chinesischen Statt’. Augsburg, ca. 1780. 8vo format. Perspective scene. Complete set of 6 contemp. handcol. engraved scenes, ca. 9 x 13.5 cm. In...

[Peepshow/Diorama] Engelbrecht, Martin. A Garden.

‘Tuyn’ (titled on verso). Augsburg, ca. 1780. 8vo format. Perspective scene. Complete set of 6 contemp. handcol. engraved scenes, ca. 9 x 13.5 cm.

[Peepshow/Diorama] Engelbrecht, Martin. Costumed ball in castle. Wedding

'Bruylof'(titled on verso). Augsburg, ca. 1780. Quarto format (20.3 x 16 cm.). Perspective scene. Complete set of 6 contemp. handcol. engraved scenes, ca. 20.3 x 16 cm. A few small...

[Peepshow/Diorama] Engelbrecht, Martin. Earthquake

‘Vorstellung eines Erdbebens’. Augsburg, ca. 1760. 8vo format. Perspective scene. Complete set of 6 contemp. handcol. engraved scenes, ca. 9 x 13.5 cm. (Milano, Perspektivtheater, p. 261).

[Peepshow/Diorama] Engelbrecht, Martin. Hall with pillars and fountain

'Zaal met pylaren en fontein N22' (titled on verso). Augsburg, ca. 1780. Quarto format (21 x 16.2 cm.). Perspective scene. Complete set of 6 contemp. handcol. engraved scenes.

[Peepshow/Diorama] Engelbrecht, Martin. Opera Room with acting persons

‘Ganz besonders Operalischen Sahls mit agierenden Personen’. Augsburg, ca. 1780. 8vo format. Perspective scene. Complete set of 6 contemp. handcol. engraved scenes, ca. 9 x 13.5...

[Peepshow/Diorama] Engelbrecht, Martin. Two theatres

(1) Shepherdesses. (2) Tavern scene. Augsburg, ca. 1780. Two perspective scenes, contemp. handcol. engraved, 12mo format, ca. 7.5 x 9.3 cm. Incomplete, both scenes 5 (of 6) panels....

[Puppet theatre] Collection of approx. 110 prints dep. puppet theatres

Mostly mid 19th to early 20th cent. Var. sizes and countries, taken from periodicals (incl. satirical cartoons), some mounted on board and/ or under passepartout (1x framed). Incl....

[Puppet theatre] Collection of approx. 60 (rare) placards, booklets and perdiodicals

Ca. 1850 - 1970. Mostly French or German, also including Dutch and other languages, var. sizes, w. occas. defects. Comprises a.o.: (1) 7 very rare German letterpress announcement...

[Scrapbook] "Album LDD 1846"

Belgium, 1846-ca. 1865. Album w. 58 lvs, containing numerous mounted scraps in various media, incl. a few drawings and early photographs, forming a personal scrapbook assembled...

[Sinterklaas] St. Nicolaas heeft weder vele Nieuwigheden 6 December 1861

J. H. van de Weijer, Steendrukker, Kunst-en Muzijkhandelaar, O. Ebbingestraat, Groningen, 1861. 'Poëzieboeken, Albums, Prenteboeken, Schrijfmappen met-en zonder Slot, portefeuilles,...

Tuck's Royal Art Novelty Series No. 154 (Series III). Relief Models (six scenes)

London/ Paris/ New York, Raphael Tuck & Sons, n.d. (ca. 1880). Chromolithogr. shaped three-dimensional models for six scenes, in original sleeve. Set largely complete, a few figures...