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Scarce Game - Round England By Railway
WALLIS, Edward.
'Wallis's NEW RAILWAY GAME, or Tour through ENGLAND AND WALES. [rule] LONDON,
Published by E. Wallis, 42, Skinner Street.'
London: Edward Wallis [but John Passmore], [ca. 1850];
steel-engraving, border: 504 x 441 platemark: 511 x 447 widest,
with panels: 505 x 675 mm, dissected and mounted on linen,
folding into the original cloth boards with embossed title, in
original outline colour.
Small area of loss in the centre of the lower border, minor
discoloration and a little creasing.
The Wallis family, John Wallis Sr, Edward and John Wallis Jr.,
were one of the first publishers to focus on cartographic games
for children, becoming perhaps the leaders in this field in the
last quarter of the eighteenth century and first years of the
nineteenth century. One of their scarcest cartographic
publications is this railway game map of England, first
published circa 1830-1835, and apparently the earliest game
map based on the rapidly expanding railway network.
This example was printed by John Passmore, Edward
Wallis successor in 1847; although the map seems unchanged,
Passmore’s name can be seen in the imprint at the foot of the
rules. Although such items are difficult to date, the population
figures given in the rules seem to reflect the 1851 census.
£800
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