18th century games
Heraldic playing cards
Carte Methodique pour apprendre aisement le Blason... / Lehrende Carten die Wappen-Kunst spielend zu fassen... Augsburg, Philipp Ernst Kieni, n.d. (c.1700)
Jeu des metamorphoses d’Ovide
[LUYKEN, Caspar] - Jeu des metamorphoses d'Ovide. Amsterdam, Covens et Mortier, n.d. (1705).
Heraldic board game
Le Jeu du Blason. Par N. de Fer. Paris, Danet, n.d. (after 1720)
A rare 18th-century witch game
Hexenspiel. (The Witch game). (Munich)?, circa 1750/1760. (probably Franz Xaver or Franz Joseph Fetscher). 32/32 playing cards. 90 x 60mm; Hand-coloured woodcuts.
Bavarian playing cards
GÖBL, Andreas Benedikt - Churbaierische Französische Karte. Munich, n.d. (c. 1760)
Göbl’s famous tarot for the wedding of Emperor Joseph II with Maria Josefa of Bavaria
Baierische Hochzeit. Coloured woodcut. Munich, Andreas Benedict Göbl, n.d. (1765).
Nouveau jeu d’histoire universelle
LE MAITRE - Nouveau jeu d'histoire universelle. Paris, Crepy and the author, n.d. (1774)
The first non-standard deck of the United Kingdom
Monarchs of Europe. London, Rowley & Co, n.d. (c. 1774-1776).
Jeu du Renard
Le plaisant et récréatif Jeu du Renard. France, n.d. (c. 1780)
Dutch History game
BENDORP, Johannes Chritsian - Vaderlandsch Historiespel. Amsterdam, Keyzer and Vermandel, n.d. (1787)
Game of human life
"The new game of human life." London, Johan Wallis, 1790.
Tarot fom Liege
Jeu de tarot. Liege, J.J. Dubois, n.d. (c. 1790).
Anamorphoses from the 18th century
4 anamorphoses. (Germany), n.d. (c. 1800)
4 games in 1
FREVILLE, (A.F.J.) - La pirouette instructive contenant les jeux de lettres, de mots, de pair-impair et des symboles. Paris, Gueffier, n.d. (c. 1805)
Jeu de Cartes Mythologiques.
Jeu de Cartes Mythologiques. Lille, Vanackere, n.d. (c. 1810)