Frag und Antwort [Question & Answer[, c. 1800
4 5/8 x 6 1/8 x 5 3/4 in.
11.7 x 15.5 x 14.7 cm.
11.7 x 15.5 x 14.7 cm.
(Germany?)
2376
110 cards, all printed letterpress at recto and backed in contemporary decorated paper at verso. The set provides the materials for a parlor game, setting up something akin to speed...
110 cards, all printed letterpress at recto and backed in contemporary decorated paper at verso. The set provides the materials for a parlor game, setting up something akin to speed dating for young adults. One person asks a question printed on a card - "Do you like to dress up?" or "Don't you also love sweets?" - and another responds with a likewise pre-printed answer, like "If it's necessary" or "This is my only pleasure." The results, as one might expect, would often be humorous and certainly flirtatious. A later, but not much later, owner realized the set's potential as a jigsaw puzzle, and the versos of the cards can be re-assembled into a complete sheet. Cards held in original box with title in manuscript to heart-shaped paper label at lid. Some soiling to cards, box edges rubbed, else a near fine and complete set, the only and largest of its kind apparent in library and other digital records. Miniature in all dimensions (box measures 4 5/8 x 6 1/8 x 5 3/4 in.) From the collection of Dorothea Dering, of Munich.


