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• This game is a forerunner of lotto, a game similar to bingo, that was introduced in France in the early eighteenth century. Madame du Chatelet, Voltaire's mistress, was a devotee of the game. Each player has an illustrated card with a series of numbers. The bag contains hollow beads that are drawn out one at a time. Small slips of paper with numbers written on them were tucked inside the beads, and when the bead is drawn, the number is read out and players see if the number matches any located on their card.
• Title from description in Pierre Bergé auction catalogue Paris December 19 2012, lot 55.
• Manufacturer's name from card with numbers 26-30.
• Each card has five illustrations, numbered in sequence, from 1-70. The charming illustrations depict scenes from everyday life, including street criers, street performers, craftsmen, agricultural workers, etc. There are illustrations of a schoolroom, a child looking in a peepshow, and a group playing cavagnole.
• From the collection of Jean-Paul Morin.

Binding note

Contemporary wooden box 15 x 21 x 18 cm.

OCLC

1347187557

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