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Based on Adrian Seville’s own collection, this book catalogues 71 games featured in an exhibition at the Grolier Club. The book focuses on why the Game of the Goose is special and why it can lay claim to being the most influential of any printed game in the cultural history of Europe. Detailed study of the games reveals their historical provenance and gives unusual insights into the cultures that produced them, providing a rich source for the cultural historian.

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“[The vivid catalogue of] the mind-opening exhibition at the Grolier Club.” -- Edward Rothstein * The Wall Street Journal *

The Royal Game of the Goose – Four Hundred Years

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    A Hardback by Adrian Seville, William H. Helfand

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      Publisher Grolier Club of New York
      Published 15 July 2016
      ISBN-13 9781605830575
      978-1605830575
      ISBN-10 1605830577
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Based on Adrian Seville’s own collection, this book catalogues 71 games featured in an exhibition at the Grolier Club. The book focuses on why the Game of the Goose is special and why it can lay claim to being the most influential of any printed game in the cultural history of Europe. Detailed study of the games reveals their historical provenance and gives unusual insights into the cultures that produced them, providing a rich source for the cultural historian.

      Trade Review
      “[The vivid catalogue of] the mind-opening exhibition at the Grolier Club.” -- Edward Rothstein * The Wall Street Journal *

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