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Nuts to crack; or, Enigmatical repository; containing nearly 250 hieroglyphics, enigmas, conundrums, curious puzzles, and other ingenious devices
Title
Nuts to crack; or, Enigmatical repository; containing nearly 250 hieroglyphics, enigmas, conundrums, curious puzzles, and other ingenious devices.
Published
Clerkenwell, Printed and published by R. Macdonald [between 1830 and 1834]
Physical Description
broadside. ill. 51 x 38 cm., fold. to 14 x 10 cm. & booklet (15, [1] p.)
Local Notes
BAC : Advertisements: p. [16] of booklet.
BAC : "Sold also by G. Berger."
Notes
Lord Brougham mentioned as chancellor in riddle 143. He held this position 1830-34.
The booklet of answers has title: The nutcrackers; or A key to the Enigmatical repository.
Evidently only one of a number of similar riddle sheets with the same title and publisher.--Cf. British Museum Catalogue.
Selected exhibitions: “The Cottage of Content : or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England" (Yale Center for British Art, November 2 - December 31, 1977).
Variant and related titles
The nutcrackers.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
References
Cottage of content, or, Toys, games, and amusements of nineteenth century England, 79
Fairman, Elisabeth R. Pleasures and pastimes, 72
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Riddles.
Puzzles.
Games - Great Britain.
Recreations - Great Britain.
Also listed under
BAC Folio B G 5 Exhibited in: Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, February 21, 1990-April 29, 1990)
BAC Folio B G 5 Exhibited in: Cottage of Content, or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England (Yale Center for British Art, November 2, 1977-December 31, 1977)
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