Auction 97 Boutique Sale Featuring Passover Hagadot and Maps of Eretz Israel
By Kestenbaum & Company
Mar 31, 2022
The Brooklyn Navy Yard Building 77,141 Flushing Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11205, United States
The auction has ended

LOT 51:

(BOARD GAME).
Jeu De L’Histoire Sainte Depuis la Naissance de Moise jusqu’a sa Mort (Game of Sacred ...

catalog
  Previous item
Next item 
Sold for: $600
Start price:
$ 300
Estimated price :
$400 - $600
Buyer's Premium: 25%
tags:

(BOARD GAME).
Jeu De L’Histoire Sainte Depuis la Naissance de Moise jusqu’a sa Mort (Game of Sacred History: From the Birth of Moses to his Death).



French. Rule in center of board.
23.6 x 17.7 inches (60 x 45 cm).
Paris, 1825:


Charming board game depicting the life of the Prophet Moses from childhood in Pharaoh’s palace to leading the Israelites through the desert, in 63 lavish engravings. Includes extra-Biblical material, such as Moses’ usage of storks in the battle for Kush. With board games becoming increasingly popular in post-Enlightenment Europe, clerics and pietists sought to harness this enthusiasm to increase knowledge in traditional religious fields, resulting in the Biblical board game.


For high resolution images of this lot, please refer to our website at https://www.kestenbaum.net/auction/Auction-97/.


catalog
  Previous item
Next item