[Table games] (1) Le jeu de la Constitution

Engr., 43.5 x 57 cm, ca. 1720. A spiral track w. various ills. surrounding the rules of the game, a list of 14 points on the columns to the left and right. Worn copy, sold w.a.f.

Rare caricatural table game directed against the papal bull Unigenitus issued by pope Clement XI in 1713. The bull itself was directed against Pasquier Quesnel and opened the final phase of the Jansenist controversy in France. (2) "Fransche Koningen Spel". Handcol. lithogr. table game, 37 x 51 cm, ca. 1865. A spiral track surrounding the letterpress rules of the game w. the military expeditions of Napoleon III in corners, printed in Metz by Gangel & Didion. This Dutch version issued by Erve WIjsmüller in Amst. Under passepartout. Very fine copy. (total 2)