POTTER AND POTTER AUCTIONS, INC.

CHICAGO, IL

WE ARE PLEASED TO OFFER THE FOLLOWING BOOK FOR YOUR LIBRARY:

RECREATIONS ET PASSE-TEMPS

BY

HENRY RENE D'ALLEMAGNE

1905

LIBRAIRIE HACHETTE & CIE., PARIS

 Folio ( 13 X 10") (330 X 255 mm)

380 pages, 

Publisher's wraps illustrated in Art Nouveau-inspired colors 

by 

the French painter and illustrator Robert SALLES (1871-1929),

132 full page engravings tipped in, including 30 hand colored or bistre engravings 

on strong vellum, including a double-page centerfold. 

249 illustrations in the text. 

First edition, first printing.

See above for condition

CONTENTS INCLUDE ILLUSTRATIONS AND WRITE UPS ON THE FOLLOWING GAMES:

backgammon, chess, checkers, dice, knucklebones, dominoes, pins and spurs - Games of chance: lottery, small lottery, lotto, biribi, hole-madam, heads or tails, odd-even and short straw, la mourre - Patience games: solitaire, puzzles, children's fun with animals, cherry eaters, bernement - Games of society: familiar games or small games and board exercises, hand game with ox's foot, charades, dunking for apples, blind man's throw, hot hand, bladder, soap bubbles - 

Of particular interest to our clients are the sections and illustrations on Fairground games: acrobats, jugglers and conjurers, masks and masquerades, jousting, swings, wire walking, roller coasters, games, toys, etc.

The color plates are each individually hand colored and except for one with age spots, are all in near perfect condition, as are all of the other plates in this magnificent work.