#282

French Boxed Game "Jeu de la Passerelle" by Saussine
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$500
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15" (38 cm.) x 12". The Game of the Narrow Footbridge offers the game of two goats crossing a footbridge above a deep gully. Each gains or gives way according to the roll of the die. Instructions are included on the inside lid in two languages,and the box lid and box interior are vibrantly illustrated and preserved. French,Saussine,circa 1885. The French toy and game maker was prominent from 1878 when he first proposed to exhibit at L'Exposition Universelle in Paris until the end of the century.