Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Ginot des Rois, Mlle
Title:
Jeu des petits voyageurs aux cinq parties du monde, ou, Enseignement mutuel de géographie descriptive et historique / par Mlle. Ginot des-Rois.
Alternate Title(s):
Enseignement mutuel de géographie descriptive et historique
Published / Created:
Paris : D'Auty, Md. d'estampes, Galerie de Nemours, Palais, Royal : Giroux, rue du Coq St. Honoré, 1828.
Physical Description:
1 game (1 printed volume, 7 maps, 60 cards) : illustrations ; in box 22 x 17 x 3 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Three-Dimensional Artifacts
Notes:
Each playing card (a hand-colored engraving, 10.5 x 6.7 cm) depicts the resident of a given region in local costume. In the YCBA copy, the set includes 12 cards for Africa, 13 cards for the Americas ("Amérique Septale.", "Amérique Russe", etc.), 10 cards for Asia, 3 cards for Australia and Oceania, and 21 cards for Europe. Cards are numbered, with gaps and repetitions in the numbering. They are accompanied by a "Table nominative des cartes composant cet atlas."
Subject Terms:
Geographical recreations -- Specimens. | Geography -- Textbooks -- 1800–1870. | Costume.
Form/Genre:
Games -- France. | Recreations -- France. | Maps. | Engravings -- Hand-colored -- 1828.
Contributors:
Couché, François-Louis, 1782–1849, engraver. | Leloi, illustrator. | Dauty (Firm), publisher.