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[Games and toys]. (Block puzzles).
Six col. lithogr. puzzles on 8x6 wooden blocks, n.pl., n.publ., n.d. (late 19th cent., prob. Germany), 6 mounted col. lithogr. key sheets (2x on inside and outside of lid and 4 mounted on recto and verso of a piece of board), together in contemp. box w. sliding lid, 40x31x7 cm.
- Key leaves a few sl. dam./ worn spots in margins.
AND 2 other games: a BESIQUE-SPEL (n.pl., M. Westerman & Zoon, ±1870, letterpress Dutch rules of the game (dated 1871), 4 "Besique Wijzer" cards, one deck of cards as complete as needed for Besique, 3 incomplete decks of cards, together in orig. giltlettered and blindst. cl. box. Hinge of lid weak) and a sl. incomplete jigsaw puzzle of 3 young western childrens dressed up as Japanese girls (±1910, lacks one piece). - ADDED: several incomplete decks of 19th/ 20th cent. playing cards.
€ (50-70) 60