$1,169
The New Game of Human Life with Rules for Playing: being the most Agreeable & Rational Recreation ever Invented for Youth of both Sexes . London: John Wallis, 1790. One engraved sheet, hand-colored, dissected into sixteen panels and mounted on linen, as issued; rare, ESTC locates only the copy at the Bodleian, no North American libraries with holdings; housed in the original publisher's slipcase, made of light board and covered in pink paper, with the engraved title trimmed to oval shape and pasted on the outside; the game board generally bright, with good color, some thumbing, toning, a few spots, and manuscript notes in the margin and on the verso, 27 1/4 x 19 in. when unfolded; the slipcase darkened, worn, with a short tear on the left top opening, 5 x 7 in. in the case.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2014-11-16
