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Title(s):
Geographische Studien.
Published/Created:
[Germany?] : [publisher not identified], [circa 1870]
Physical Description:
1 puzzle (22 pieces) : wood ; 14 cm in diameter, in box 17 x 22 x 12 cm
Holdings:
Unable to reach service. Holdings currently not available
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Three-Dimensional Artifacts
Notes:
Issue in a wooden box, the top lid of which bears a lithographed image (with game title) of a tutor instructing two students.
BAC: British Art Center copy in original wooden box with illustrated label on lid. Original metal latches and hinges.
Geographical puzzle in 22 wooden pieces which, when fully assembled, forms a complete globe (14 cm in diameter). The globe is dissected into six horizontal layers; the four middle layers are further cut into pie-shaped pieces. The internal surfaces of each layer also bear maps and images describing the various continents.
Undated. The maps correspond to political boundaries ca. 1870.
Subject Terms:
Geographical recreations -- Specimens.
Geography -- Study and teaching.
Form/Genre:
Dissection puzzles.
Puzzles.
Globes.
Lithographs -- Hand-colored -- 1870?
Boxes (Containers)
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