[The newly invented musical game] / invented by Anne Young

Designer
Gunn, Anne, active 1800-1803 [Browse]
Format
Visual material
Language
English
Published/​Created
[Edinburgh]: [Manufactured by appointment of the patentee by Muir, Wood, and Co., and sold wholesale and retail at their warehouse no.7 Leith Street, opposite the Terrace]; [London]: [and by Mr. Thomas Preston, no.9 Strand], [1801]
Description
1 wooden box : [5] game boards, 45 x 28 x 11 cm 1 instructional booklet, ([3], 66 pages : 23 cm).

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Notes
  • Princeton copy: Imperfect, pieces missing, holes undrilled, lacking lid for center compartment.
  • Princeton copy: The left hand drawer contains the following pieces: 24 long ivory pieces, 2 medium length ivory piece, 10 short ivory pieces, 1 cylindrical wood container of 12 ivory disks (large counters), 1 smaller cylindrical wood container of 12 ivory disks (small counters), 13 ivory pieces lacking musical notation, 16 blank ivory dice. The right hand drawer contains the following pieces: 21 long ivory pieces, 2 medium length ivory pieces, 7 short ivory pieces, 1 cylindrical wood container of 12 ivory disks (large counters), 1 smaller cylindrical wood container of 12 ivory disks (small counters), 9 ivory pieces lacking musical notation, 1 key
  • Princeton copy: Includes a photocopy of Anne Young's 1801 Scottish patent (no. 2485): Specification of Ann Young, box containing dice, pins, counters, &c. for amusement and instruction (London: Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode..., 1856).
  • Possibly the edition of the game manufactured in 1801. This edition contains additional hidden game boards (one small musical game board and a double sided backgammon/checkers board) that the 1803 edition lacks. The main game boards are painted (not engraved) and this was a more expensive production.
  • Title and publication information from 1803 edition of the Musical game.
With
Issued with instructional booklet: Instructions for playing the musical game / invented by Anne Young. Edinburgh: Printed by C. Stewart, and Co., 1801.
Other title(s)
Musical game
OCLC
1302359040
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