"DAS QUODLIBET"
German, circa 1850
Original paper over wooden box with illustration on the sliding lid of a large number of objects that appear in the game and the title in German, French and English. Consisting of 31 (of 32) wood engraved cards, corresponding with 32 handcoloured wood engraved plates, cut in four triangular pieces and laid down on 64 wooden pieces. A magic trick that appears to enable one to read minds and a puzzle combined. The lid has been restored and is slightly curved.
22,5 x 22,5 x 2 cm
PAPER TOYS
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"ANO KATHO or the acrobates in the glass box"
German, circa 1890
A small paper covered case trimmed with Dresdner pappe with a glass window, containing figures and objects that move when a leather cushion is rubbed over the glass. Instructions on the back in English, German and French. Without a leather cushion. See "archives for a moving example that I sold earlier (image 307).
13,5 x 19 x 4 cm€ 350contact me 
A VERY RARE PROFILE PAPER DOLL 'ENGLISCHE PUPPE"
Johann Ludwig Stahl, Nuremberg, circa 1794
Hand drawn and coloured paper doll depicting a gentleman in profile pose. He has eight different costumes consisting of several separate parts; boots, hats, trousers, jackets and accessories such as umbrella,
wig or rifle. There are army uniforms, a farmer's outfit, chef's clothing, gentlemen's clothing etc. One green shoe and one stocking are missing (the other is glued on the panel). All in a marbled cardboard case.
21 x 12 x 3,5 cmSOLD contact me-
VERY RARE BERTHAUD "LE QUADRILLE DES ENFANTS"
Edition de Hollande. Soignée et corrigée par feu D. de Graaff, Insiteur à Gorcum; d'apres la nouvelle Edition refondue, abrégé et perfectionnée à leur usage, avec une Instruction sur la manière de servir des Fiches (des figures) et du Livre. Par M. Alexandre, Professeur de l'Ecole Royale Militaire. Gorcum, J. van der Wal, 1834. 7th Dutch edition. In original box. 15 x 4 x 10 cm. Inside 84 bone cards, 20 painted yellow, 20 red, 20 blue and 24 left blank. They contain a printed label on both sides, one with a hand-coloured. engraved illustration and the other with 2 or 3 sets of letters.PRICE ON
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"BAU UND BILDER ALPHABET-SPIEL"
German, circa 1850
Original paper over wooden box with illustration on the lid of a family playing the game and the title in German and French. The thick (6,5 x 3,5 x 1,3 cm) wooden blocks are covered with hand coloured lithographed paper. Doublesided, at one side the letters of the alfabet in Gothic script and capital letters and on the other side images whose name start with these letters. Complete. The lid of the box is damaged and has been reinforced.
29 x 24,5 3,5 cmSOLDcontact me-
DER WÜRFEL IN 6 VERSCHIEDENE SPIELEN
German, circa 1840
Original wooden box lined with green paper and trimmed with
Dresdner paper. On the lid a picture of a company playing the game. Complete with 36 paper-covered wooden cubes, which can be used
to play six different settings. Including figurative puzzles, letters, numbers and geometric shapes. On the bottom of the box the instructions in three languages.
18 x 18 x 4 cmSOLDcontact me -
"L'ARC DE TRIOMPHE DE L'ÉTOILE"
French, circa 1850
A very small block set in original cardboard box. Both buildings mentioned and shown on the box are buildable, but what the other blocks are for is unclear to me, so probably incomplete.
14,5 x 8 x 2,4 cmSOLDcontact me -
FIVE MINIATURE BOOKS "LES PETITES FILLES ET LES POUPEES"
Published in Paris, circa 1845, by Jules Didot l'aîné
Five (of a set of six) miniature books about young girls at play with their dolls. Each book has delicate engravings of children and dolls. Embossed decoration on the cover with scrolls framing the title and one engraved illustration in the book. Five different cover colours, all with 32 pages. These doll stories published for little girls are entitled:
I. La Poupée merveilleuse. II. La Poupée invalide. III. La Poupée de linge. IV. La tante de carton. V. Les Poupées du jour de l'an.
13 x 10 cm.€ 400contact me -
A SMALL BOARD GAME
French, circa 1850
Foldable hand-coloured board. Jeu de l'Oie-like game but only going
up to number 50.
27,5 x 22 cm€ 100contact me -
A BIEDERMEIER MOVABLE CARD
Chez Chanvin, French, circa 1825
The card shows four children playing with ribbons and wreaths.
When the tab of the card is pulled, the parent couple appears from behind the bushes. Below it the text "Recevez ce Tribut de la Reconnaissance, Auteurs et Protecteurs de notre tendre Enfances" (Receive this Tribute of Gratitude, Authors and Protectors of our
tender Childhood). One bush is loose.
8,4 x 6,8 cmSOLDcontact me -
"NEUE WÜRFELFIGUREN, KOMISCHES SPIEL"
(The new figures of square, a comical game)
German, circa 1850
A metamorphoses game. Paper covered wooden box with sliding lid
that lacks a part (with the German title on it), title in three languages, containing paper covered cubes that form different characters with accompanying accessories. Complete. Some wear.
13 x 10,4 x 4 cmSOLDcontact me -
"KATZE, HUND UND AFFE"
H.F. Müller, Vienna, circa 1825
An original sleeve with an illustration of mentioned animals,
containing a green enveloppe with three hand coloured cards
and the instructions. Without dice.
12 x 9,2 cmSOLDcontact me -
"CARTES GÉOGRAPHIQUES"
Watilliaux ed. and Jannin lith, Paris, circa 1890
Seven jig-saw puzzles of parts of the world in wooden case with a
paper illustration on the lid showing children being tutored by
their father. All puzzels are complete.
37,5 x 28 x 5,5 cmSOLDcontact me -
"THE SPECULATIVE MERCHANT"
German, circa 1840
Original paper covered wooden box containing twelve hand
coloured cards and German instructions. On the lid an illustration
of the interior of what it seems to be a harbour office and the title
in three languages. The antique marbled paper at the three sides of
the box might be a later addition.
10,8 x 8,8 x 2,4 cmSOLDcontact me -
"CUBES ALPHABÉTIQUES"
Jeux et Jouets Français, circa 1905
Original wooden box with (worn) paper image on the lid. Containing
twenty paper-covered wooden blocks showing letters, animals, professions and scenes of playing children, therefore giving a very
nice timeframe of France around 1900. Some wear.
21 x 26 x 6 cmSOLDcontact me -
A JACOB'S LADDER
German, circa 1850
An optical illusion toy showing one soldier turning into another at the turn of the handle. Five hand-coloured paper over cardboard sections connected with cloth straps, retaining the original wood handle. Fully functioning, fragile at attachment of handle.
When unfolded 23,5 cm longSOLDcontact me -
AN ENGRAVING OF A PLAYGROUND
European, circa 1800
The illustration shows children stilt-walking, swinging, crossbow shooting, kite flying, skittles, hooping and hobbyhorse riding.
Framed in passe-partout and behind glass.
10 x 7,5 cm€ 120contact me 
A SET OF TWELVE ANIMAL BLOCKS
German, circa 1880
Paper-covered blocks with lithographed images of various animals. Some damage (water stains) to paper.
10 x 6,2 x 2 cm€ 175contact me-
A GAME OF BESIEGING
German, circa 1830
The four panel hand-coloured game board folds in original paper covered slipcase which is decorated with a hand colored lithographed image of an army heading into battle and the name of the game in German and French.
16 x 17,4 x 0,7 cm€ 250contact me 
A LIFE SIZE SANTA CLAUS POSTER
Weissenburg, C. Burckhardt's Nachf. circa 1890
Large chromolithograph poster on 3 attached sheets. Numbered
"No. 32" below the image. Rolled, minor marginal imperfections.
167 x 68 cmSOLDcontact me-
A FRENCH GAME BOX
Coqueret éditeur and Destouches lith. Paris, circa 1860
Original paper over wooden box with a coloured lithograph on the lid showing children playing games from the box. These include wooden dominoes, skittles with cloth ball, spinning tops, yo-yo, bilboquet, a paper checkerboard and checkers.
31 x 21 x 6 cm€ 325contact me -
"JEU 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 -
A LOTERY GAME
Dutch, circa 1860
Original marbled paper covered box containing seven inner boxes,
each labeled in pen with contents; a set of 60 wood engraved picture cards, a set of 60 descirption cards and five sets of Klasse cards. Each
set of cards comes in their own case.
Box 13 x 8,7 x 5,7 cm€ 550contact me 
A BLOCK PUZZLE
German, circa 1840
36 lithographed paper-covered wooden blocks forming six different representations ranging from a scene of a family, of a castle, geometric shapes, figures, etc. With three paper examples. One cube has been replaced. Without original box.
16,5 x 16 x 2,6 cmSOLDcontact 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
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
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.€ 220contact me
"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
