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The game of kings
Title
The game of kings.
Publication
New-York : Josiah Adams, [1844?]
Physical Description
38 cards : color ; 95 x 70 mm + booklet.
Medium
letterpress printing
Local Notes
BEIN USA142: Imperfect: instruction booklet mutilated, loss of text. From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards.
Notes
Title from box.
Composition of deck: 36 [1-35], text cards, advertisement card, instruction booklet.
Issued in box: THE / GAME OF KINGS. / [mounted king] / NEW-YORK. / JOSIAH ADAMS, BRICK CHURCH CHAPEL, / 1845.
"These cards comprise a brief history of the English monarchs, from the Conquest to the present time, with an engraved figure of each. At the top are found - the number of the reign from 1 to 36 - the name of the monarch - the family name and number - the date on the left, and the length of the reign on the right. At the bottom prominent events, distinguished men, and enigmatical lines, alluding to some event in the reign. All these form subjects for questions in playing the game."--Directions.
Format
Images
Added to Catalog
March 11, 2021
References
Keller, W.B. Catalogue of the Cary Collection of Playing Cards in the Yale University Library, USA142
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Playing cards.
Educational games.
Also listed under
Cary Collection of Playing Cards (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
United States New York (State) New York.
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