ZOOLOGICAL LOTTO.
Early English lotto game, manufactured in Germany. Comprising: six coloured lithographed oblong card sheets, 18.3 cm. x 23.5 cm., each incorporating eight removable pictorial disks representing the native animals of the different continents; contained within the original card box with decorative sides and pictorial title label on lid, edges of box slightly rubbed, and with a couple of neat repairs to corners, the title label lightly soiled; a couple of small closed tears to the card beneath the Jaguar disk; n.d.[c.1890s]. *The disks are all captioned with the name of the animal, and feature a question about that animal on the verso, which is answered by the brief text printed on the depression into which the disks are set on the card sheets. For example, the Oceania sheet contains disks depicting a kangaroo, which asks on the reverse: Who are these funny, jumping creatures? The answer printed below the disk is The kangaroo's with very clever features. (This sheet also includes a black swan, emu, dingo, and a Lyer-bird [sic]- Whose Lyer does not give one sound? The lyer-birds in Australia it is found). Item #076544
Price: $3,000.00