Card Game. The Improved and Illustrated Game of Doctor Busby, published by W. and S.B. Ives, Salem, Mass., circa 1843 or slightly later, a complete set of twenty hand-coloured lithographed cards (four suits of five cards each), some spotting and finger soiling throughout, versos blank, contained in original cloth slipcase with printed paper label to upper cover and to lower cover, slightly rubbed and soiled and split along one joint, 91 x 64mm, together with a group of 38 'Snap' (?)home-made playing cards, France, 19th century, cards with coloured engravings of monarchs, soldiers, etc. pasted to one side, a little soiling, 100 x 60mm (Qty: 59) The Doctor Busby game is a rare early edition of the first card game published in America. It consists of four suits (pestle & mortar, milk pan, eye, and spade), representing the Busby family, the family of Doll the dairy maid, the Ninny-Come-Twitch family, and the family of Spade the gardener.
Card Game. The Improved and Illustrated Game of Doctor Busby, published by W. and S.B. Ives, Salem, Mass., circa 1843 or slightly later, a complete set of twenty hand-coloured lithographed cards (four suits of five cards each), some spotting and finger soiling throughout, versos blank, contained in original cloth slipcase with printed paper label to upper cover and to lower cover, slightly rubbed and soiled and split along one joint, 91 x 64mm, together with a group of 38 'Snap' (?)home-made playing cards, France, 19th century, cards with coloured engravings of monarchs, soldiers, etc. pasted to one side, a little soiling, 100 x 60mm (Qty: 59) The Doctor Busby game is a rare early edition of the first card game published in America. It consists of four suits (pestle & mortar, milk pan, eye, and spade), representing the Busby family, the family of Doll the dairy maid, the Ninny-Come-Twitch family, and the family of Spade the gardener.
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