"Diorama" Game c1930. Miniature set of 24 images in original box. German/English? [From an 18th century original]

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Seller: Colophon Books (UK), Leek, Staffs, United KingdomColophon Books (UK)

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A set of 24 coloured miniature cards in the original printed box forming a "Diorama picture" being a series of scenes that when laid out in ANY combination will always make a picture. The set has no maker, the box has details on both English and German and the lettering on the bottom of the images are in both German and English. The pictures depict 18th century landscapes, each one about the size of a thin matchbox, all complete, no creases bent corners or damage, the box is a little dusty. My experience and the private source they came from would put them about 1924-5 could be as late as 1940? Unusual and Scarce. *States that if everyone one on earth would think of a combination per second it would take 16 million years to have completed all the variations. I'm not sure that is right, but I'm not working it out. It could be right and then I would look foolish.

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Title
"Diorama" Game c1930. Miniature set of 24 images in original box. German/English? [From an 18th century original]
Publisher
Anonymous
Condition
Very Good
Dust jacket
Not applicable
Binding
Loose as Issued.
Item weight
0.2 kilograms
Seller catalogs
Children's Books., Ephemera, Toy Books

Colophon Books (UK)

Leek, Staffs, United Kingdom

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We are a small, single-owner business. We have been operating on and off since 1977 and our stock is varied, leaning towards antiquarian and 19th century with the addition of original aquatint and lithographic, or woodcut engravings. Also maps and Ephemera - in fact, anything interesting on paper really. We have in stock every item we list. We do not use stock photographs, but photograph each item individually. We very rarely use "fine" or "mint" as a description, mainly due to the age and the fact that 99.9% of what we sell has been pre-owned and therefor Fine would not be a term for a book we sell despite its fine-like appearance. We always take items back unreservedly if not in the condition as described. We always try to describe fully.

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Rare & Secondhand Books. Magazines, Antiquarian Documents, Ephemera, Original Artwork, Prints, Maps, etc.

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Colophon Books (UK)

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