Lot n° 25
Estimation :
200 - 300
EUR
Result with fees
Result
: 1 560EUR
ÉNIGMES RUSSES, ou Nouvelles récréations géométriques offert - Lot 25
ÉNIGMES RUSSES, ou Nouvelles récréations géométriques offerts aux dames. Premier [-Deuxième] cahier. Paris, Chez l'Auteur ; Lille, Castiaux, s.d. [circa 1820]. 2 volumes small in-12 and 12 geometric wooden pieces, all in a publisher's folder decorated with a woodcut showing two Russians.
A combination game of geometric pieces in the tangram style.
The game we offer to the public is designed to occupy the moments that solitude and winter evenings too often leave to boredom. This amusement consists in forming figures with one large, three medium and three small triangles, one square, one small and one large trapezoid, and two trapezoids combined together.
Lacerations on the slipcase, with damage to the engraving and engraved title.
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