Titre et auteur:

Anchor stone building box. No. 9A = Anker-Steinbaukasten.

Publication:

[approximately 1880] (Rudolstadt? : F. Ad. Richter & Co.)

Description:

1 set of building blocks (140 pieces) : stone, color ; in wooden box 22 x 31 x 5 cm + 2 design books

Notes:
"U.S. Patent Oct. 26th 1880."
Packing plan 9A mounted on verso of box lid.
Design books entitled: Design for architectural models supplement book of series 9 (series 13) and Practical architect, Series 13 (9A), book 1. Both published: New York : Dr. Richter's Publishing House.
"To this box is added the first modellsheet [sic] of Serie XIII = Annexé à cette boîte se trouvent des modèles architectoniques le premier cahier de la série XIII"--Verso of box lid
English and German; other languages appear on design book Practical architect.
Library copy: 140 pieces.
Library copy: ownership stamp of Charlie C. Nathan.

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Sujet:

Toys Germany Specimens.
Blocks (Toys) Germany Specimens.
Jouets Allemagne Spécimens.
Cubes (Pièces de jeu) Allemagne Spécimens.
Blocks (Toys)
Toys.
Germany.

Classification/genre:

Stacking assembly system toys.
Stone Toys (recreational artifacts)
Stone Blocks (toys)
Construction toys.
Specimens.
Stone toys (recreational artifacts)
Stone blocks (toys)

Vedettes secondaires:

F. Ad. Richter & Co.

Title on side of box: Building-box : real stone in three colours
Parallel title on side of box: Baukasten in drei Farben

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main jouets et jeux 153704
Cote: TS2301.T7.S7 F1236 1880
Statut: Disponible