Live auction - Lot 575

[Games - Game of the goose]

"Jeu géographique du royaume de France divisé en 86 départemens."

€ 200 / 300

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Paris, Basset, 1816

Engr., 56,5 x 81,5 cm, part. hand-coloured (borders frayed).

Very rare new version of a geographical game focusing on the French "departments". The player's goal is to travel across France and Corsica. The present edition originated during the First Restoration, which increased the number of "departments" by three to 86, including the "departments" Rhône, Vaucluse and Tarn and Garonne.
Ref. Adrian Seville, The Game of Goose: and its influence on cartographical race games. In: Journal of the International Map Collectors' Society 115 (2008).

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Lot 575

"Jeu géographique du royaume de France divisé en 86 départemens."

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