An arithmetical pastime : intended to infuse the rudiments of arithmetic, under the idea of amusement.
Published / Created:
London : Published ... by John Wallis, No. 16 Ludgate Street, April 19th, 1798.London : Printed by Biggs and Co., Crane-Court, Fleet-Street, for John Wallis, 16, Ludgate Street
Physical Description:
1 game : hand-colored engraving ; 33 x 70 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Ellen and Arthur Liman, Yale JD 1957
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Related Content:
View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/orbis:13691590
Classification:
Three-Dimensional Artifacts
Notes:
Title from letterpress portion of the game
Exhibition History:
Instruction and Delight: Children's Games from the Ellen and Arthur Liman Collection (Yale Center for British Art, January 17, 2019-May 23, 2019)
Subject Terms:
Mathematical recreations -- Juvenile literature. | Arithmetic -- Games. | Conduct of life. | Arithmetic -- Study and teaching -- Early works to 1800. | Liman, Ellen and Arthur -- Provenance.
Form/Genre:
Games -- Great Britain. | Recreations -- Great Britain. | Board games. | Engravings -- Hand-colored -- 1798.
Contributors:
Wallis, J. (John), -1818, publisher. | Biggs & Co., printer.