(Horse racing. Steeplechase. Board Game.) JEU DU DERBY, STEEPLE-CHASE.

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Description: 2 hand-coloured lithographed sheets by Decan mounted on thick boards forming large playing area, vignettes of horse- & ostrich-racing in corners and at foot, each sheet c. 455 x 355mm, a little soiled and browned, the boards joined by a green cloth spine, largely defective but still functioning, wear to extremities, with small label of 'Miller's Fancy Repository' of Lowndes Street, Belgrave Square

Publication Details: [Paris]: Nicolas Henri Rousseau, c.1850

Notes: An up-market board game, French, but sold in London: Miller's also known as Miller's Toy & Fancy Repository. There was a spate of such games at this time, especially in France. An oval race course with 6 obstacles (4 hedges, 1 ditch, and 1 gulf, in jumping which the horse has thrown its rider), humourous vignettes at the corners and the foot, the rules of the game (in French) in the centre. The vignettes are: 3 ladies riding side-saddle, one jumping a stream; 3 male racers, 1 thrown as the horse refuses a jump, 1 in mid-flight over a stream and the other over a fence; 3 riders at full gallop,...moreAn up-market board game, French, but sold in London: Miller's also known as Miller's Toy & Fancy Repository. There was a spate of such games at this time, especially in France. An oval race course with 6 obstacles (4 hedges, 1 ditch, and 1 gulf, in jumping which the horse has thrown its rider), humourous vignettes at the corners and the foot, the rules of the game (in French) in the centre. The vignettes are: 3 ladies riding side-saddle, one jumping a stream; 3 male racers, 1 thrown as the horse refuses a jump, 1 in mid-flight over a stream and the other over a fence; 3 riders at full gallop, possibly Gauchos, or ?monkeys; 3 male riders on ostriches; lastly, in the centre at the foot 3 male racers, 1 thrown, and crawling.See www[.]jeuxanciensdecollection[.]com/2016/01/le-steeple-chase-un-jeu-bien-francais.html HIDE