#9

19th Century French Boxed Set of Puzzles in Pristine Condition from Au Nain Bleu
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Description

16" (41 cm.) x 13". A wooden box depicting a fashionable young girl on the cover, contains within a set of wooden block puzzles, each puzzle side containing a rich chromolithograph image that completes a colorful puzzle; thus, six puzzles in total. Copies of the actual puzzle images are included, each depicting children in vivid scenes. The set is preserved in remarkable original condition, as though never played with. The original Parisian toy store label of Au Nain Bleu is inside the box lid. French, circa 1885.