Antique Prints of Various Games (Spiele, Giocchi, Jeux) All are in Very Good condition
unless otherwise mentioned. Liquidation Sale! Discount! At 84 years old I am selling my stock! 40% Discount on All Prints with a GAMES number on this page! Take 40% off the listed price. |
"Tricktrack" Anonymous copper engraving ca 1780. Very good condition. Image: 13 x 18.5 cm ( 5.1 x 7.2") $ 50.00 Order Nr. GAMES253186 |
"Paris" Paris Bistro, filled to the brim with people. Men playing cards. Billiards in back Lithograph by Celestin Nanteuil (1813-1873) Dated by the artist in the stone: 1839 Masterfully executed lithograph with one of the artist's typical playfully frisky bordures with winged putti and music-playing fauns. Print had been folded in had (vertically). Paper is age-toned and a bit soiled along margin edges. Reverse side has a piece of paper glued to the bottom center. 23 x 24,5 cm (ca. 9 x 9.6") $ 95.00 (Please look for discount at top of this page) Order Nr. GAMES253065 |
Malta. - "The Doll Race: A novel event in a naval Gymkhana in Malta" Zincograph after the drawing by Frank Craig. Sketch for zincograph by A.G. Wildey Published in London, 1899 "Gymkhna" (the word is a composition of English: Gym and Hindi and other Indian languages - khan. The event is one of a social and sporting club which the British assumed in India. Here gymkhana is an equestrian fun game combining horsemanship, skill and speed. This event took place on the island of Malta. Print is in very god condition. Reverse side has unrelated text and picture prints. 23 x 30,5 cm (ca. 9 x 12") $ 65.00 (Please look for discount at top of this page) Order Nr. GAMES 252689 |
"The Gamesters Die Spieler" Card Players Notice that the left player is holding some cards behind his back. The person in the background looks over the shoulder of the right player and gives the left player a signal. Steel engraving by A.H. Payne after Caravaggio ca 1850. The print was done after the painting the "Falschspieler" that was later accredited to Valentine de Boulogne (1594-1632). It is in the Galerie of Alte Meister in Dresden. Some light ink rubbing under the image.. 12 x 16.5 cm ( 4.7 x 6.4 ") $ 35.00 Order Nr. GAMES243451 |
"Checkmate" Fine etching in light sepia
tone by E. Marden Wilson after a painting by Charles M.
Webb. Image: 18.5 x 22.5 cm (7.2 x
8.8") $ 45.00 minus 40% Discount = $ 27.00 Order Nr. GAME256170 |
"Trasteverini giocando all Ruzzica" Hand colored copper etching by Bartolomeo Pinelli (1781-1835). Published in "Raccolta di motivi pittoreschi". Rome, 1809 The name of this game is actually "Ruzzola" or "Ruzzolone". Discs made of wood are rolled similar to road bowling. Very good condition. 20,7 x 29,5 cm (Ca. 8.1 x 11.6) Order Nr. GAMES253259SOLD |
"Il Giorno di Morra - in Roma" Schnick - Schnack - Schnuck - Roman style Hand colored copper etching by Bartolomeo Pinelli (1781-1835). Published in "Raccolta di motivi pittoreschi". Rome, 1809 Very good condition. 19,5 x 29,3 cm (Ca. 7.7 x 11.5) Order Nr. GAMES253260 SOLD |
"Kleiner Irrtum" Wood engraving after A.
Roessler ca 1900. 18.5 x 14.7 cm ( 7.2 x 5.7 " $ 35.00 Order Nr. GAME238008 |
"Dame spielende Araber in Tunis" ( Arabs playing chess (Dame) in Tunis) Wood engraving after a painting
by Ludwig Scheuermann ca 1885. 31 x 23 cm ( 12.2 x 9 ") $ 55.00 Order Nr. TUNISIA240032 |
"Schach" Wood engraving published ca 1895. On the reverse side is unrelated text. Sheet size: 11.5 x 9 cm ( 4.5 x 3.5") $ 25.00 minus 40% Discount = $ 15.00 Order Nr. GAME256172 |
"Das Schachspiel"(the chess game) Anonyme Original-Lithographie. Um 1850 Der Spieler von Weiss wird gleich am Beginn des Spiels von seinem Gegner mit triumphierender Miene und unter dem Gelächter der Zuschauenden in eine schwierige Situation gebracht, die auf ein Schach Matt zu deuten scheint. Aber der junge Mann im Vordergrund scheint noch nicht aufzugeben. Wer weiss, ob er nicht doch und gegen die Erwartung seines Gegners und aller Zuschauer einen Ausweg findet? Leider lässt sich zu diesem hübschen Blatt nichts Genaues sagen, da weder ein Künstler noch ein Verleger, noch ein genaues Druckdatum bezeichnet wird. Stil und Papier deuten jedoch einwandfrei auf die Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts hin. Guter Erhaltungszustand. Nur minimale Altersspuren. Abmessungen mit Titel und Umrandung/Image: 18 x 20,5 cm (7 x 8") $80.00 Order Nr. GAMES251513 |
No title. Traditional games of the indiginous peoples of Chile. Very fine aquatint print by C.
Bramati and Paolo Fumigalli. Published 1821, Very good condition. Image: 21 x 15 cm ( 8.2 x
5.9") $ 160.00 Order Nr. GAMES255109 |
"Tellerspringen an der Schwalm in Oberhessen" Wood engraving of a game
jumping at a plate in Hesse. Published 1879. Image: 15.5 x 23.5 cm ( 6.1 x 9.2") $ 35.00 Order Nr. GAMES255122 |
"Schachspiel mit lebenden Figuren, gespielt im Festsaal des akademischen Vereins zu Lund" Wood engraving after the drawing by Viktor Andren (1856-1930) Published in a German periodical. Ca. 1885 Living people, used as chess figures for a game of chess in the Swedish Academy at Lund. The print has age toning and
she traces of age and use. One tear in lower left margin Image: 22 x 32 cm (ca. 8.6 x 12.5") $ 90.00 (Please see discount at top of this page. Here 40% = $ 54.00) Order Nr. GAMES(CHESS)254748 |
CHESS - SCHACH - ECHECS ISTANBUL - TURKEY - ITALI BOLOGNA "Quarta etas mundi - Xerses ph'us" Xerxes (the Great) playing chess. Woodcut Published in "Nuremberg Chronicle" (Schedelsche Weltchronik) Latin edition By Hartmann Schedel (1440-1514) Nuremberg, 1493 This may well be the oldest printed image of a a chess game! Also on this page: Portraits of the Babylonian kings Merodach and Nebukadnezar. A view of Byzantium / Byzanz - Today: Istanbul Reverse side: View of Bononia = Bologna in Italy General age toning. Lower right corner (respectively: Lower left corner, as seen from the reverse side of print) has an century old replacement repair of missing margin corner. Other minor traces of age and use. Measurements: Chess - Xerxes playing chess: 7,5 x 5,5 cm (ca. 3 x 2.2") Istambul (Byzantium / Byzanz): 17,9 x 16,7 cm (7 x 6.6") Bologna (Bolonia): 19,9 x 22,5 cm (ca. 7.8 x 8.9") $ 600.00 Order Nr. SCHEDEL254487 NO DISCOUNT ON SCDEL PRINTS! |
"Spielerei" (play) Zincograph of an older man with
a cigar in his hand playing with a Image: 15.5 x 22.5 cm ( 6.1 x 8.8") $ 35.00 Order Nr. HUMOR255103 |
"Whist" Wood engraving ublished in Leipzig, 1882 The text gives another name for Whist: "Silentium" (Latin word for silence) Vera good condition. There is explanatory German language text print below image and on reverse side 9 x 11 cm (ca 3.5 x 4.3") $ 40.00 (Please look for discount at top of this page) Order Nr. GAMES252672 |
"Ein Schachpartie" Wood engraving made after a
photograph f the painting by Alexandre Bida, 1881. Image: 15 x 23.5 cm ( 5,9 x 9.8") $ 40.00 minus 40% Discount = $ 24.00 Order Nr. GAME256169 |
"Types Persans. - Jouerurs d'Echecs dans un cafe d'Herat" Wood engraving after Pasini
published 1857. Image: 12 x 16 cm ( 4,7 x 6.2") $ 40.00 minus 40% Discount = $ 24.00 Order Nr. GAME256168 |
"Die Ziehung der franzoesischen Austellungs-Lotterie in dem Festsaale des Trocadero Palasts" Wood engrabing published 1879.
On the reverse side is unrelated text. Image: 25.5 x 22 cm ( 10 x 8.6") $ 45.00 Order Nr. GAMES255107 |
"Die Tarockbrueder" Wood engraving ca 1880. Reverse side is printed. 13.2 x 10 cm ( 5.1 x 3.9 ") $ 25.00 Order Nr. GAMES240030 |
"Die interessantesten Labyrinthe" 3 separate pages with text and
10 diagrams of labyrinths. Page size: 24 x 15 cm ( 9.4 x 5.9") Price for the 3 pages: $ 50.00 Order Nr. GAMES254069 |
"Adelheid von Weislingen am Hofe des Bischofs von Bamberg" ( Playing Chess) Wood engraving after the oil
painting by Hermann Koch ca 1885. 25.5 x 35.5 cm ( 10 x 13.9 ") $ 45.00 Order Nr. GAMES240031 |
"F. Cucuel: Die Bank gesprengt!" Chromolithograph of the
watercolor by F. ( Edward ) Cucuel ca 1900. 29 x 46 cm ( 11.4 x 18.1 ") $ 160.00 Order Nr. GAMES240027 |
"Jean Beraud: Im Spielsaal zu Monaco" Wood engraving by Ch. Baude
after Jean Beraud ca 1900. 30.4 x 44 cm ( 12 x 17.3 ") $ 120.00 Order Nr. GAMES240028 |
"Le Jeu de courte-boule Flamand" Flemish short distance bowling, by which the ball has to be shot with a stick through a ring not much bigger than the ball. Copper etching by Peter Paul Benazech (ca. 1730-1783) After the painting by Adriaen van Ostade (1610-1685) Print, clean except for a very light general age toning (patina), shows some light creasing in margins. Upper plate mark line has been supported from behind by a strip of very this China paper. Wide margins. Condition, considering age, is very good. 32 x 21,5 cm (ca. 12.5 x 8.5") $ 260.00 Order Nr. GAMES251641 |
"Le Tric-Trac" Copper etching by Jean Philippe Le Bas (1707-1783) after the paintingCharles Eisen (1720-1778) A Lady and a Gentlemen play tric-trac. Two interested onlookers. Wide margins show some age and use. Genral light age toning. A few scattered spots. Image: 31,8 x 25,3 cm (ca. 12.5 x 10") Image with title and poem copper plate marks: 37,6 x 27 cm (ca. 14.8 x 10.6") Sheet size: 51,6 x 35,8 cm (ca. 20.3 x 14") $ 480.00 Order Nr. GAMES245963 |
"Karten zum Fass-Spiel" (Barrel game cards) Wood engraving printed in color. Published in Leipzig, 1882 Light general age toning. Very good condition. Reverse side is blank Page size: 23 x 15,5 cm (ca. 9 x 6") $ 45.00 (Please look for discount at top of this page) Order Nr. GAMES252669 |
Tarok. - "Karte zum Tarokspiel" (Tarok cards) Wood engraving printed in color. Published in Leipzig, 1882 Light general age toning. Very good condition. Reverse side is blank Page size: 23 x 15,5 cm (ca. 9 x 6") $ 45.00 (Please look for discount at top of this page) Order Nr. GAMES252671 |
"Französische Spielkarte" French game cards) Wood engraving printed in color. Published in Leipzig, 1882 Light general age toning. Very good condition. Reverse side is blank Page size: 23 x 15,5 cm (ca. 9 x 6") $ 45.00 (Please look for discount at top of this page) Order Nr. GAMES252670 |
"R. Armenise: Beim Kartenspiel" ( Playing Cards ) Wood engraving after R. Armensie ca 1900. 22.7 x 32 cm ( 8.9 x 12.5 ") $ 40.00 Order Nr. GAMES240029 |
"Die Schachpartie" Wood engraving after a painting
by Lelleur, published 1865. Image: 16 x 14.5 cm ( 6.2 x 5.7") $ 35.00 minus 40% Discount = $ 21.00 Order Nr. GAME256167 |
"Besiegt" (Defeated) Wood engraving made after by
Carl Herpfer. Published ca 1885. Image: 32 x 23.5 cm ( 12.5 x 9.8") $ 40.00 minus 40% Discount = $ 24.00 Order Nr. GAME256171 |
"Le Jeu de L'Ecarte" Copper etching after the drawing by Louis Leopold Boilly (1761-1845) Boilly published this beautiful card playing scene ca. 1835. The print we offer here is a later edition published as a copper engraving ca. 1880 Paper has overall age toning. There is minimal rubbing in non sensitive areas. Print had once been framed and exposed to light. 32,3 x 41,6 cm (ca. 12.7 x 16.4") $ 240.00 Order Nr. GAMES243205 |
"Die Spieler des Schachturniers zu Hastings" ( an international chess tournament in Hastings 1895 ) Participants: Hull,
Blackbourne, Janowski, Teichmann, Pillsbury, Schiffers,
Gunsberg, Schlechter, von Lennap, Dobell. Cole. Wood engraving made after a
photograph. 1895. Above the image and on the reverse side is
an article ( in German ) Image: 7.8 x 16.5 cm ( 3 x 6.4 ") Order Nr. GAMES243429SOLD |
"C. B. Kuechler: Im Spielsaal zu Ostende" Wood engraving after a painting
by C. B. Kuechler. 1898. 32 x 45 cm ( 12.5 x 17.7 ") $ 30.00 Order Nr. GAMES245702 |
"Diabolo" auf dem Lande (Diabolo in the country) Wood engraving after A.
Roessler ca 1900. 21.7 x 17 cm ( 8.5 x 6.6 ") $ 35.00 Order Nr. GAMES235858 SOLD |
No title: Tossing the dice in a dutch pub Ohne Titel. Würfelspiel in einer niederländischen Gastwirtschaft. Hand-colored lithograph by Roman Leitner After the painting by David Teniers, the younger (1610-1690) Handkolorierte Lithographie (Grossformat) von Roman Leiner (here falsely: R. Leiter) Printed by / Gedruckt von Friedrich Hohe, 1802-1870) Munich, Muenchen, ca. 1850 Pleasant hand coloring. Wide
margins. Margins have very light spotting. Image / Darstellung: 34 x 45 cm (ca. 13.4 x 17.7" Sheet size: 54 x 68 cm (ca. 21.3 x 26.8") $ 600.00 Order Nr. GAMES251503 |
"City People in the Country. Rained In !" ( Playing Cards ) Wood engraving ca 1880. Small repaired tear in upper margin. 17.7 x 23.2 cm ( 6.9 x 9.1 ") $ 35.00 Order Nr. GAMES240128 |
"Salon de 1861. - Paysans
romains jouant a la ruzzica. " Wood engraving madee after the
painting by J. Le Cointe dated 1861. 21.8 x 29 cm ( 8.5 x 11.4 ") $ 50.00 Order Nr. ROMA237547 |
" Trick-Track-Spieler in
einem aegyptischen Kaffeehause" Wood engraving after a painting
by L. Carl Mueller dated 1884. 17 x 26.3 cm ( 6.6 x 10.3 ") $ 30.00 Order Nr. EGYPT239312 |
Koreanische
Fischerfamilie Play the game of "Go". Lithograph by J. Honegger from
ãNaturgeschichte und Abblidung des Menschen..." Very Good condition. Image 19.5 x 27 cm ( 7.6 x 10.6") Page size: 26 x 37 cm (10.2 x 14.5") $ 220.00 Order Nr.KOREA253429 |
"A novel event in a Gymkhana: A Pig sticking competition" Zincograph after the drawing by John Charlton. Sketch for zincograph by H. Helyar. Published in London, 1901 A "Gymkhna" (the word is a composition of English: Gym and Hindi and other Indian languages - khan. The event is one of a social and sporting club which the British assumed in India. Here gymkhana is an equestrian fun game combining horsemanship and skill. The drawing of the pig was sliding up and down a wire, and the rider had to hit the moving pig drawing with his lance, while galloping for speed in the concourse. The event took place on the island of Malta. Print is in very god condition. Reverse side has unrelated text and picture prints. 30.5 x 23 cm (ca. 12 x 9") $ 65.00 (Please look for discount at top of this page) Order Nr. GAMES252670 |
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