29th Sep, 2023 10:30 GMT/BST
Playing Cards - Games.
John Wallis, Historical Cards Exhibiting the History of England, no date, [late 18th or early 19th century], thirty cards, each with a portrait and facts about English monarchs (hole in Queen Elizabeth I card), original printed slipcase (worn and torn);
John Jaques & Son, The Kingdoms of Europe, Second Series (covering Eastern and southern Europe), no date (late 19th cent.), 45 cards, (two cards with loss to corners), with the ‘Rules for the Game’ (folded and torn);
Anon., [Illustrated Proverbs], no date, sixty-four cards;
J.W. Spear & Sons, The Game of ‘Round the Globe’, no date [early 20th century], sixty cards, worn slipcase;
With nine Besique packs, containing cards by Hunt and Sons, Willis & Co. (X3), De La Rue (x2), Joseph Reynolds and Reynolds & Sons, worn boxes, contents not inspected. (13).
Sold for £320
Estimated at £100 - £200
Auction: Books, Maps & Manuscripts, 29th Sep, 2023
Highlights include a Late Medieval Prayer Book; a Monograph of the Trogonidae, or Family of Trogons, by John Gould, (1875), with forty-seven superb hand-coloured lithographic plates; an outstanding early album of Austrian topographical woodcuts and watercolours; a fascinating album of late 19th century photographs of Brisbane, Queensland and surrounding areas; the first part of the York library of Hugh Murray, author and historian; a collection of vintage playing cards and a large folding map of India.
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