Game.- Wallis (John, publisher) An Arithmetical Pastime; intended to Infuse the Rules of Arithmetic, under the idea of Amusement, folding hand-coloured stipple-engraved game of 100 circular spaces in spiral form, with facing letterpress directions, rules and verses, dissected and mounted on linen, the whole c.315 x 715mm., contemporary ink signature "Ann Sophia Grut 1813" to verso, very soiled, some stains, some sections creased and chipped at edges (mainly letterpress), J.Wallis, printed by F.Vigurs, [early 19th century] § Harris (John, publisher) Historical Pastime or a New Game of the History of England, folding hand-coloured engraved sheet of clockwise spiral of small circular portraits and scenes around central portrait of William IV, dissected and mounted on linen, c.490 x 480mm., contemporary ink inscription to upper left corner, light staining to corners, E.Wallis and J.Harris & Son, [c.1835] § Historical Pastime..., folding hand-coloured engraved sheet with central portrait of Queen Victoria, dissected and mounted on linen, c.480 x 475mm., some ink stains, original embossed green cloth slip-case, upper cover with title and decorations in gilt, E.Wallis and J.Harris & Son, [c.1837], [Whitehouse pp.33 & 29], small 4to (3) ⁂ The third is a reprint of the second but with portrait of a young Queen Victoria replacing William IV and with 2 additional spaces for the succession of William IV and the Abolition of Slavery.
Game.- Wallis (John, publisher) An Arithmetical Pastime; intended to Infuse the Rules of Arithmetic, under the idea of Amusement, folding hand-coloured stipple-engraved game of 100 circular spaces in spiral form, with facing letterpress directions, rules and verses, dissected and mounted on linen, the whole c.315 x 715mm., contemporary ink signature "Ann Sophia Grut 1813" to verso, very soiled, some stains, some sections creased and chipped at edges (mainly letterpress), J.Wallis, printed by F.Vigurs, [early 19th century] § Harris (John, publisher) Historical Pastime or a New Game of the History of England, folding hand-coloured engraved sheet of clockwise spiral of small circular portraits and scenes around central portrait of William IV, dissected and mounted on linen, c.490 x 480mm., contemporary ink inscription to upper left corner, light staining to corners, E.Wallis and J.Harris & Son, [c.1835] § Historical Pastime..., folding hand-coloured engraved sheet with central portrait of Queen Victoria, dissected and mounted on linen, c.480 x 475mm., some ink stains, original embossed green cloth slip-case, upper cover with title and decorations in gilt, E.Wallis and J.Harris & Son, [c.1837], [Whitehouse pp.33 & 29], small 4to (3) ⁂ The third is a reprint of the second but with portrait of a young Queen Victoria replacing William IV and with 2 additional spaces for the succession of William IV and the Abolition of Slavery.
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