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Title(s)
The new game of human life.
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Published/Created
London : Published according to Act of Parliament July 14, 1790, by John Wallis, no. 16, Ludgate Street, and E. Newbery, the corner of St. Paul's Church Yard, 1790.
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Physical Description
1 sheet : illustrations ; 47 x 67 cm
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Holdings
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio B 2014 16h
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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Copyright Status
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Full YALE Library Record
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Classification
Three-Dimensional Artifacts
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Notes
A moral game modelled after Le nouveau jeu de la vie humaine published in Paris by Crépy in 1775.
Includes 84 illustrated panels, with legends, arranged in a spiral formation.
"Rules of the game" are engraved between the title and the imprint.
The corner areas discuss "The utility and moral tendency of this game" and "Directions for playing."
The game divides human life into seven periods of twelve years each from infancy to dotage.
Title from game.
Osborne Collection of early children's books, 1566-1910, II:850-1
Shefrin, Jill. Ingenious contrivances, 35
Goodfellow, Caroline. A collector's guide to games and puzzles, 63
Cottage of content, or, Toys, games, and amusements of nineteenth century England, 36
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).
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Subject Terms
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Form/Genre
Board games. | Engravings -- 1790. | Games -- Great Britain. | Recreations -- Great Britain.
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Export
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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