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Creator:
F. Ad. Richter & Co
Title(s):
Der Quälgeist = The Tormentor.
Additional 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 and 1 tangram puzzle (8 pieces) : ceramic stone
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
GT1507.T3 Q34 1890 Flat
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
[Request]
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:
Amusements -- Great Britain -- 19th century.
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
Form/Genre:
Puzzles.
Tangrams.
Games -- Great Britain.
Recreations -- Great Britain.
Chromolithographs -- 1892.
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