Creator:

F. Ad. Richter & Co

Title:
Der Quälgeist = The Tormentor.
Alternate Title(s):
Tormentor
Published / Created:

London : Dr. Richter's Publishing Office, 44 Jewin Street : 1 & 2 Railway Place, Fenchurch St, [1891?]

Physical Description:
[8], 5-52 pages : illustrations ; 70 x 71 mm, in box 78 x 78 x 15 mm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
GT1507.T3 Q34 1890 Flat
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Three-Dimensional Artifacts
Notes:

"Made in Germany."--Box top.

The booklet makes reference to Richter's "Anchor Puzzle" ("Der Kopfzerbrecher"), which was issued in 1891. See: Slocum, Jerry. The tangram book. New York : Sterling Publishing, 2003 (page 97)

With parallel texts in German and English.

Slocum, J. The anchor puzzle book, p. 38

Tangram puzzle of eight ceramic stone pieces, with a printed booklet, issued together in an illustrated box. The booklet consists of 158 problem figures for the user to construct from the puzzle pieces.

Subject Terms:
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. | Amusements -- Great Britain -- 19th century.
Form/Genre:
Puzzles. | Tangrams. | Games -- Great Britain. | Recreations -- Great Britain. | Chromolithographs -- 1892.