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Why, what, and because, or, The road to the temple of knowledge / T.H. Jones, del. et litho
Title
Why, what, and because, or, The road to the temple of knowledge / T.H. Jones, del. et litho.
Edition
Third edition.
Publication
London : W. Sallis, [approximately 1855]
Manufacture
[London] : Passmore, printer, 45 Borough Road
Physical Description
1 game : hand-colored lithograph ; 33 x 44 cm folded to 33 x 22 cm.
8 pages ; 19 cm.
Local Notes
BAC: British Art Center copy includes booklet with game rules.
Notes
Title and imprint from playing board.
Printer information from foot of front cover.
Undated. Date from Linda Hannas's The English jigsaw puzzle 1760 to 1890 p. 151. Hannas describes a dissected version of this table game.
With publisher's advertisements on back cover.
"London : William Sallis, 5, Cross Key Square, Little Britain."--Foot of back cover.
Summary
Game fills oval snail-trail track with scenes showing scientific phenomena and inventions: lightening, thunder, hot-air balloon, thermometer, steam, snow, swimming, telescope, diving bell, ending with the crowning of two successful pupils in the Temple of Knowledge.
Variant and related titles
Why, what, and because
Road to the temple of knowledge
Sallis's new tee-to-tum game, Why? what? & because
Format
Other
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 31, 2018
Series
Sallis's teetotum games
References
Liman, E. Georgian and Victorian board games, pages 52-53
Whitehouse, F.R.B. Table games of Georgian and Victorian days, pages 41-42
Hannas, Linda. The English jigsaw puzzle, 1760-1890, page 151
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Games - Great Britain.
Recreations - Great Britain.
Board games.
Lithographs - Hand-colored - 1855.
Also listed under
Collection of Ellen and Arthur Liman (Yale Center for British Art)
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