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TOYS -- (JACQUES') HAPPY FAMILIES. The good old game. Bavaria (Nuremberg), J.W. S(pier/pear) & S(öhne/ons), n.d. (1920's?). Deck of 36 cards and 2 explan. leaves, one in Dutch and 1 in English. In the or. cold. lithogr. extending slipcase. -- And 1 o. (2).
In 1851 the games manufacturer John Jaques of London (founded in 1795) commissioned a set of drawings from John Tenniel, later Sir John, the chief cartoonist of Punch, for their new game of Happy Families. The game was shown at the Great Exhibition of that year and was an instant success. In very good condition.€ 40
result € 75
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