Le Jeu de l'Oye, renouvellé des Grecs. XVIII sec.

Etching in contemporary coloring; 364x434 mm., margins. Nice copy.

Very rare illustrated flyleaf. Under the title the rules of the game; at the four corners, under the word "Air", verses in rhyme, probably song lyrics. The illustrations in the houses are: doors, a bridge, a hotel, a well, a labyrinth, a prison, the symbol of death. Only one similar specimen found in Paris at the Musée des Civilization de l'Europe. Cfr. Paris, Musée des Civilisations de l'Europe et de la Méditerranée, Num. d'inventaire 62.70.3 D. Girard Alain, Quetel Claude, le jeu de l'Oie, Paris, Balland, 1982. THE LOT IS OFFERED WITH A VALID EXPORT LICENSE.