Jeu instructif des peuples et costumes des quatre parties du monde et des Terres Australes = [Inform...
Jeu instructif des peuples et costumes des quatre parties du monde et des Terres Australes = [Informative game about the costumes of the peoples of the four parts of the world and of Terra Australia], [ca. 1815] / engraved by Paul-André Basset
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Author / Creator
Date
[ca. 1815]
Call Numbers
V/337
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Reference Code
Language
- French
- English
Physical Description
Contents
1 print - 49 x 65 cm. - engraving
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Level of description
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Copying Conditions
Out of copyright
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Scope and Contents
Contents
A board game, copper engraving on thick laid paper, in the form of a spiral track comprising 63 numbered cartouches with vignette illustrations of inhabitants of all regions of the globe, including representations of the native peoples of New Holland [Australia], Tahiti, New Guinea, the Moluccas, Sumatra, Java, and New Zealand, as well as of the Am...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Jeu instructif des peuples et costumes des quatre parties du monde et des Terres Australes = [Informative game about the costumes of the peoples of the four parts of the world and of Terra Australia], [ca. 1815] / engraved by Paul-André Basset
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Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Translation of the French text.
INSTRUCTIVE GAME OF THE PEOPLES AND COSTUMES OF THE FOUR PARTS OF THE WORLD AND THE SOUTHERN LANDS.
RULES OF THE GAME: First of all the stakes for which one wishes to play, and the fines to be paid, must be agreed upon. This game is made up of numbers, from 1 to 63, and he who arrives first at this fina...
Date note
Date based on active date of engraver Paul-André Basset.
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from Douglas Stewart Fine Books, October 2015
Administrative / Biographical history
The game is of a type derived from the traditional jeu de l'oie (= game of the goose), a dice game with penalties and bonuses similar in concept to Snakes and ladders. The Jeu de l’Oie (Game of Goose) is a spiral race game that has its roots in the Italy of Francesco de’ Medici (1574-87), who, as Carrera (1617, p. 25) reports, sent it as a present...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
V/337
Record Identifier
16AJomzn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/16AJomzn
Other Identifiers
Reference code
1382544
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