Grimaces (changeable)
A paper toy from France that uses two wheels and a sliding strip to combine different facial features.
“Gd. cirque des folies élastiques intermède des grimaces d’O’Gus'” (circa 1900?)
The Laughable Game of What D’Ye Buy
A set of a popular card game.
This edition published around 1850 by S. Hart & Co. in Philadelphia.
No rules included.
Phenakistiscope
The Phenakistastcope or Magic Disc Edinburgh: Published by Forrester & Nichol, Lithographers, 10 George Street, & John Dunn, option 50 Hanover Square. [1832-1833].
A set of round prints for use in a phenakistiscope, an early device that took advantage of persistence of vision to show continuous motion, including several designed by Edward Sang, and published by the maker of optical instruments, John Dunn.
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