Yale Center for British Art

Title:

Many folk misfitz : a very amusing game, full of hilarious amusement.

Published / Created:

London : C.W. Faulkner & Co., [ca. 1900]

Physical Description:

1 game (48 cards) ; in box 21 x 10 x 2 cm

Holdings:

Rare Books and Manuscripts
GV1199 .M36 1900 Flat A
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Copyright Status:

Classification:

Three-Dimensional Artifacts

Notes:

Issued in an illustrated paperboard box.

Title and imprint from printed instructions, [4] pages.

Card game in which the depictions of 18 persons in national (or regional) costume are divided across three cards each (67 x 96 mm). The goal is to win tricks by correctly completing the national figures. The figures represent: Canada, North America, England, France, Germany, Holland, Ireland, Italy, Lapland, Norway, Scotland, Spain, Wales, China, India, Japan, Russia, and Africa.

Subject Terms:

Amusements -- Great Britain. | Great Britain -- Social life and customs. | Clothing and dress.

Form/Genre:

Puzzles. | Card games. | Games -- Great Britain. | Recreations -- Great Britain. | Chromolithographs -- 1900.

Contributors:

C.W. Faulkner & Co., publisher.