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Title(s):
The poets : a game.
Published/Created:
Great Britain, ca. [1861?]
Physical Description:
48 cards ; each 6.3 x 10 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
GV1199 .P648 Flat
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Archives & Manuscripts
Notes:
Manuscript parlor game, for matching poets with their notable works. Twelve cards name poets -- Burns, Byron, Goldsmith, Hood, Kingsley, Longfellow, Milton, Moore, Poe, Shakespeare, Tennyson, and Tupper -- together with the titles of three notable works by each poet. The remaining 36 cards bear individual titles of those works. Accompanied by a slip case constructed of die-cut calling card sock with woven ribbon, bearing the title: "The poets, a game."
Subject Terms:
Amusements -- Great Britain.
Great Britain -- Social life and customs.
Poets.
Form/Genre:
Games.
Recreations.
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