Fascinating Mid 19th C. British "Child's Playbook" with All Sorts of Elaborate Games folk art soldier to eyes and hooves

to eyes and hooves

14" tall  x 15 3/4" wide x 1 3/4" deep

I do believe one can never have enough of these

the delight of a second face on the underside of the lid

with one small rough area on the top and a small mark at the center of the top which almost looks like it was once a small monogram

Fascinating Mid 19th C. British "Child's Playbook" with All Sorts of Elaborate Games folk art soldier to eyes and hoovesI found this one in a rare book store in Portland this past week and have become rather obsessed with it! There is no title page or publisher's information inside so I'm not certain of the date, but between the hand laid type and the engravings and the embossed spine, I'm guessing 1840s or 50s, and British. What's fascinating is the very elaborate and often quite fabulous nature of the games described mostly parlor type games that range from an early