Description

Educational card game intended for "the instruction and the amusement of young persons of both sexes".
Each of the 48 cards contains some information about a country or region of the world, about which players must answer a number of questions.
Nº6 of Jouy's educational card games.

A 'revised and corrected' version ca.1810 is described as:
"orné de figures gravées avec soin et représentant les différens peuples de la terre dans le costume particulier à chacun d’eux; destiné à l’instruction et à l’amusement de la jeunesse des deux sexes.
Nouvelle édition revue et corrigée. Lille : Vanackere,
Paris : H.Nicolle.

Comes in a box (112 x 73 x 30 mm), of marbled paper over thick card with paste-down illustrated label on one surface.
Contains:
48 cards (103 x 70 mm) with engraved cartouche and text (each card representing a different region).
1 single folding sheet (185 x 135 mm, printed both sides) with rules and geographical information.
1 folding copper-engraved map of the world (290 x 175 mm) ‘Planisphère ou Carte réduite du globe terrestre à l’usage du jeu de cartes géographiques’ by Tardieu.