[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 2 unique chromolithogr. ills. of var. fairy tales, each image completed by a corresponding half on another card. (2) Set of 56 board cards, ca. 1840. Numb. 1-56, w. handcol. lithogr. images of soldiers, professions, elegant women and men, farmers, horses, ways of transportation and oriental figures. Each card measures 8.5 x 5.5 cm. Some staining, a few images loose from mounts. (3) Set of 50 board cards, ca. 1800. Numb. 1-50, w. var. nice engr. images, each card 7 x 4.5 cm in contemp. board slipcase. (4) Nieuw Vermakelijk Loterij-Spel, bestaande uit 56 loten, geheel zonder Nieten. In drie klassen. W. Address H. Moolenijzer in Amst., first half 19th cent. Letterpress leaflet w. the rules of the game on 1 side and the prizes on the other side. 54 lithogr. cards (complete, following the list of prizes, "Derde klasse" erroneously added up to 32 and to a total of 56) and 2 manuscr. cards, each card 3.5 x 4.2 cm. The leaflet folded. Extremely rare, especially in this complete state. -and 1 later complete alphabet issued by Bayer.

(total 5 games)