81/1086 Games and toys Le Langage de Flore Jeu d'Emblèmes
81/1086 [Games and toys]. "Le Langage de Flore. Jeu d'Emblèmes." Complete set of 34 cards, consisting of an engr. title card, a card w. rules of the game and 8 sets of 4 cards, lettered A to H, with contemp. handcol. engr. flowers w. captions above and below the image, together in contemp. plain board chemise (size of cards 4,3x2,8 cm., chemise 4,3x2,8x1,1 cm.).

- Chemise, tilte, rules and one floral card (sl.) fingersoiled. Otherwise fine.

= Each card has the name of the flowering plant below the image. Above the image each card has one part of the four text parts per similar lettered card that together form a more or less emblematic phrase to which the title of the game alludes. Playing proceeds as follows: each player is dealt one card, the remaining cards are placed face down on a table and picked in turn by the players in exchange for one of their own cards. As soon as a player has a complete set of four cards they read out their sentence. As in the game of "Memory", the player who has the most complete phrases wins the game. Very rare. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XXVIII.

€ (300-500) 850