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Rare Books and Manuscripts
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Pease, Richard H., 1813–1869
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Sallis, William, 1782–1865
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19th century
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Amusements -- Great Britain.
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Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797–1848. Fille du régiment.
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Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797–1848
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Leigh, Percival, 1813–1889
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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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Instruction and Delight: Children's Games from the Ellen and Arthur Liman Collection (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 2019-May 23, 2019)
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
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Sallis, William, 1782–1865
Sallis's comic play grammar
[ca. 1850?]
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A journey to Lindley Murray's
[185-?]
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The circle of knowledge
[ca. 1850?]
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[Greeting card with movable flower]
[1850?]
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The two riders =
[circa 1855?]
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The latest and most fascinating geometrical puzzle
[late 19th c.?]
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Der Würfel in 6 verschiedenen Spielen =
[1850?]
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The laughable game of What d'ye buy,
[ca. 1850]
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The magic ring
[approximately 1850]
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Polyorama panoptique
1850s
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Das Rheinthal
[approximately 1850]
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The changing companions
[ca. 1860?]
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The little embroiderer =
[mid-19th century?]
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Fortune-telling wheel
ca. 1850
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G. Follit's protean views
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A new dioramic game of the overland route to India
[185-?]
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Trentsensky, Matthias, 1790–1868
Das Volksleben in Venedig, die Piazetta
[circa 1854]
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Capital fun. Costumes of all nations
185-?]
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Pease, Richard H., 1813–1869
The merry round game of the busy bee and butterfly, or, The good and bad passions
[1850]