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Creator:
Newton, T
Title(s):

The mansion of bliss : a new game for the amusement of youth / by T. Newton ...

Additional Title(s):

New game of The mansion of bliss

Published/Created:
London : Published by W. Darton, 58 Holborn Hill, [1810]
Physical Description:
1 game : hand-colored engraving ; sheet 57 x 45 cm, folded to 19 x 11 cm and 13, [3] pages ; 19 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
GV1199 N4
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Three-Dimensional Artifacts
Notes:
Title from game sheet.
First published in 1810 (date of publication from booklet of instructions).
Mounted on linen, with 34 illustrations arranged in a spiral formation.
Accompanied by a booklet of 16 pages, the title page of which reads: The new game of the mansion of bliss: in verse. By T. Newton. London : Printed by and for W. and T. Darton, 1810.
Cottage of content, or, Toys, games, and amusements of nineteenth century England, 34
Osborne Collection of early children's books, 1566-1910, I:224
Shefrin, Jill. Ingenious contrivances, 38
Selected exhibitions: “The Cottage of Content : or, Toys, Games, and Amusements of Nineteenth Century England" (Yale Center for British Art, November 2 - December 31, 1977).
BAC: British Art Center copy imperfect: case and booklet of instructions wanting.
Subject Terms:
Conduct of life -- Juvenile literature.
Educational games.
Form/Genre:
Games -- Great Britain.
Recreations -- Great Britain.
Board games.
Engravings -- Hand-colored -- 1810.
Contributors:
Darton, William, 1755-1819, publisher.
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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) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]


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