Description
This Goose game board is inspired by Jules Verne's novel whose boxes are illustrated with town views and figures and the center is occupied by a world map. Vignette illustrations numbered from 1 to 80, captioned in French and arranged counterclockwise.
The game block illustrates views of arrival in New York (75), Chicago (68), San Francisco (57). The diverse illustrations also include Hong Kong, Singapore (44), Yankees (72), Japanese, Calcutta (25), Bombay (21), etc.
The first two numbered blocks on the game board depict Phileas Fogg and his French assistant, Jean Passepartout, as they leave London.
Provenance : Eric André Weissenberg collection, born in Agen, France on March 11, 1941 and died in Geneva on October 30, 2012, is a Swiss vernien collector.
He is one of the most prolific authors of articles for the Bulletin of the Jules Verne Society (BSJV). From collections of editions of cartoons, mainly from Hetzel, which he accumulated throughout his life, he became a recognized specialist in the particular characteristics of the Hetzel volumes and for many years held the section of the collector of the BSJV. He also participates in the collection of Philippe Jauzac Jules Verne - Hetzel and cartonnages illustrated, published by the editions of the Amateur and is the author of Jules Verne: A fabulous universe (Favre, 2004) where he exhibits of many unpublished documents from its collections.
In addition, Eric Weissenberg was also a collector of documents related to the Holocaust.
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- Maker / Publisher
- HETZEL, Jules.
- Place
- Paris, 1876
- Date
- Paris, 1876
- Color
- Uncoloured
- Height
- 488
- Width
- 585
- Condition
- Wood engraving. Cut-out around the game, with tile in upper right corner. Diameter 54 cm. With traces of folds and mounted on a card board, set in a green mount.
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- Amsterdam, Alabama, United States
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