Book Description

Hand-coloured sheet (295 x 380 mm) laid onto mahogany and dissected into 42 pieces, all present, figures (with descriptive text beneath) from fifteen cultures are arranged in three rows of five: Negroes [of Africa], Otaheiteans, Highlanders, American Indians, East Indians, Laplanders, Greeks, Persians, Sandwich Islanders, Turks, English, Swiss, Chinese, Dutch and Tartars, although with some minor condition faults consisting mainly of some missing connecting tabs and some light rubbing and soiling, all housed within a later mahogany box (230 x 185 mm) with sliding lid.
Dealer Notes
An extremely rare dissected puzzle by William Darton produced in the early 1800's. Dalton set up his own publishing works at 56 Holborn Hill London in 1808. These puzzles were the forerunner of jigsaws and made by placing a picture on a piece of mahogany, then cutting it into shapes. The edges were interlocking and the centre just pushed together. They were made as a teaching aid for young travelllers, so as to gain some knowledge of people and their clothing in other countries in distant parts of the globe.
Not in Hannas.
Author DISSECTED PUZZLE.
Date c. 1830.
Publisher London: William Dalton,

Price: £850.00

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