#263

French Boxed Fortune-Telling Parlor Game"La Souris Merveilleuse"
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11" (28 cm.) x 9". A lidded box is covered with luxury decorative papers and an engraving of an amusing mouse-family scene. Inside is a glass floor panel that protects a little white mouse who can scamper around when the magnet card is applied to the glass. The mouse stops in front of one of 12 round boxes,each containing a number of humorous predictions or observations. Very good/excellent condition with some darkening of cover image. French,Saussine,the leading game publisher of France,late-19th century.