PAPER TOYS

"THE MOST WONDERFUL GIFT FOR THE YOUTH"
German, circa 1840
Original paper covered box with on the lid the title in German and French. A game with cut-out figures strolling and playing in a park, edifices and trees, the already coloured examples and the black and white sheets to be coloured by the child itself. Some of these already coloured and cut, incomplete. With original board plate to slide the different items into. Box slightly damaged.

22 x 16 x 3,6 cm

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"TJEU DE L'OIE RENOUVELÉ PAR LES GRECS"
Watilliaux edit, H. Jannin, Paris, circa 1875
Four sheets mounted on red strong board, cloth hinges. Coloured lithograph. Depicting children playing in a "Comtesse de Ségur" setting. The corners are decorated with cartouches showing a game of skittles, a game of pelota, lawn-tennis and pistol shooting. In the centre the rules of the game.

47 x 38 cm

€ 250contact me
"GRAND JEU DE LA DÉFENSE HÉROÏQUE DE MAZAGRAN"
Imp. d'Aubert & Cie, French, circa 1860
Original paper covered box with on the lid the title and a handcoloured engraving of the siege of the French fortress in Mazagran. Contains set of 50 (of which a small one made new) paper covered wooden blocks which when set up vertically build a castle fortress. Including a full color guide sheet for the puzzle (repaired a little with acid-free tape). Apron of the lid and one side of the box replaced. This toy commemorates the famous 1840 colonial battle in Algeria in which 123 French soldiers defended themselves against 20.000 Arabs.

39,5 x 27,5 x 5 cm

€ 1050contact me
"BRITISH AND FOREIGN ANIMALS: A NEW GAME.
MORAL, INSTRUCTIVE AND AMUSING"
William Darton, London, circa 1820
This hancoloured boardgame is described as 'designed to allure the minds of youth to an acquaintance with the wonders of nature'. The playing surface has 37 playing spaces each containing an animal. The animals featured include the otter, armadillo, beaver, sheep, rat, lynx, monkey and fox. The end of the game is marked by the lion. Without the rules booklet.In original marbled slipcase, that is rather worn.

49,5 x 39,5 cm

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"QUILLIER EN SPIRALE".
Tivoli des Singes drôlatique.
Adolf Sala, German, circa 1875 produced for the French market.
Original paper covered box with on the lid a beautiful lithographed illustration of two monkeys and the spiral game. Box containing a paper spiral that stays upwards through a turned wooden pole, four (of five) wooden skittles and five glass marbles. Under the spiral a round illustration of playing monkeys. Apron of lid damaged. Monkey on metal rod has restored hands.

49 x 38,5 x 5 cm

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A RARE BIEDERMEIER GAME TOKENS BOX
German, circa 1820
Octagonal shaped paper covered box containing five cardboard boxes with on the lid a coloured illustration, the centre box is square the other four are hexagon shaped. These four contain coloured bone game tokens. The square box in the middle contains small dice and 3 small pegs. Small piece of the Dresdner trim is missing.

13 x 13 x 4 cm

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"DAS VERGNUGEN. LE PLAISIR. THE DELIGHT" CARDS GAME
German, circa 1825.
Cards in the original slightly damaged sleeve. Twelve cards are illustrated and colored, with one descriptive word, like travelling, music, dancing, singing, and angling for example, printed in German, French, and English at the bottom of each card. The other eleven (of twelve) cards are numbered and include a text paragraph, printed in English, beginning with the phrase "... is my delight..." and continuing with reference to one of descriptive words on the illustrated cards. The instructions to this game are lacking.
11 x 7,5 x 1 cm

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"PARQUET IN COLOURS"
German, circa 1870
Original paper covered wooden box with sliding lid, containing coloured wooden triangular segments, complete. On the lid the name of the game in three languages and a lithographed illustration of two girls, one holding a doll. Small piece of paper on the box restored.

20 x 20 x 1,6 cm

€ 160contact me
A MARTIN ENGELBRECHT PEEPSHOW - THE BATTLEFIELD
Augsburg, circa 1780
Duodez size. The set consisting of six hand-coloured engraved panels. Two figures missing heads.

9 x 7 cm

€ 250contact me
AN EARLY LOTTO GAME
Probably Dutch, circa 1830
Original paper covered cardboard box containing 24 numbered cardboard cards, a striped cotton bag with 90 wooden numbers and a folded paper sheet with all numbers 1 – 90. On the lid of the box a coloured illustration of a company in a gazebo playing the game.
16 x 6,5 x 9 cm

€ 200contact me
A LARGE SET OF VARIOUS PAPER SOLDIERS
French, circa 1855 and later
Original marbled paper covered box with two trays and extra space underneath, dated 1855, containing a large quantity of lithographed paper stand-up soldiers, infantry and cavalry, different sizes, different conditions. Lid of the box damaged.

39 x 26 x 18 cm

€ 350contact me
A BELL AND HAMER GAME
Dutch, circa 1840
Original marbled cardboard box containing five hand colored engraved cards and a complete set of eight black dice. The cover reads "HAMER" and "SCHIMMEL-SPEL" and has an illustration of two blacksmiths at work. Box slightly damaged.

13,5 x 8,5 x 1,2 cm

€ 125contact me
AN EDUCATIONAL JIGSAW PUZZLE
N. Carpenter, London, ca.1850
"The comparative size of forty birds, from the Ostrich to the Humming Bird". With hand colored example, written description, in contemporary wooden box.

37 x 23 cm

€ 220contact me
"AUTHENTIC MEMOIRS OF THE LITTLE MAN
AND THE LITTLE MAID"
With some interesting particulars of their lives.
London: B. Tabart, dated May 1816. Printed for John Souter, School Library, No.73, North Side of St.Paul's Church-Yard.
Illustrated with 12 hand-colored plates and 10 pages with music. Foxed

13,5 x 12 cm

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A LOTTERY GAME OF SIX CLASSES
Dutch, circa 1800
A game with solely engraved numbers, no pictures. Ninety lotnumbers, ninety smal numbers and a large amount of price cards in six different classes. Original marbled paper box. Game seems to have never been played with.

9,5 x 7,5 x 5 cm

€ 220contact me
A JIGSAW PUZZLE "HISTOIRE NATURELLE EN 64 PLANCHES"
Paris, circa 1890
Original box containing three puzzles of 77 pieces with colored lithographic illustrations of animals and people of various races, complete, in the style of Buffon.

48 x 35 x 6 cm

€ 400contact me
A LOTO DAUPHIN
French, early 19th century
A green cardboard box containing eight shelves with numbers and a small drawer with colored bone pawns and markers.

27 x 24 x 30 cm

€ 300contact me
"DE ARK VAN NOACH"
Tine van berken and H.J.W. Becht
Amsterdam, ca.1894
An 8vo children's book, soft cover, eight pages, tinted and color lithography illustrations. Small damages and repairs.

17,5 x 13,5 cm

€ 125contact me
"DORPSGEZICHTEN AAN DE MAAS"
JIGSAW PUZZLE
Moolenijzer, Amsterdam, ca.1800
Original wooden box with hand colored and saw pieces, one is missing, comes with example on linen.

21 x 18 x 4 cm

€ 275contact me
"COGNAC MET ZOUT"
Dutch, circa 1860
Paper sleeve containing 24 lithographed cards with figures in different colors, 24 so-called recipe cards with humorous texts and a manual satirical game inspired by William Lee.

9 x 6 x 2 cm

€ 250contact me
LES JOCKOS - SINGES SAVANTES
Saussine, France, ca.1900
Magnetic game in original cardboard box, not in working order.
33,5 cm x 33,5 cm

€ 300contact me

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