The combat with the giant , September 1st, 1796
- Title(s):
- The combat with the giant : a new invented and entertaining game.
- Published/Created:
- London : Published ... by Champante & Whitrow, Jewry Street, Aldgate, September 1st, 1796.
- Physical Description:
- 1 game : hand-colored engraving ; 40 x 40 cm, folded to 13 x 13 cm
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsGV1199 .C66 1796Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957[Request]
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/13690752
- Classification:
- Three-Dimensional Artifacts
- Notes:
- Title from game board.
"Accompanied with a box containing a teetotum and counters."--Engraved title label on slipcase.
"This game is almost unique among the very old ones in that it is not a race game, but instead is played with an ordinary pack of 52 playing cards from which the tens have been removed, making 48."--Whitehouse.
Liman, E. Georgian and Victorian board games, page 88
Whitehouse, F.R.B. Table games of Georgian and Victorian day, pages 58-62.
BAC: British Art Center copy includes publisher's original slipcase. - Subject Terms:
- Liman, Ellen and Arthur -- Provenance.
- Form/Genre:
- Games -- Great Britain.
Recreations -- Great Britain.
Board games.
Card games.
Engravings -- Hand-colored -- 1796. - Export:
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