Die Reise von Prag nach Wien. Ein geographisches... Lot 582

Die Reise von Prag nach Wien. Ein geographisches Spiel für die Jugend. [Nuremberg Seidel 1805] Engr., 35 x 41,5 cm, hand-coloured (brown spots). Mounted on cardboard, covered with patterned paper on verso and edges (lower quarter detached). Very rare standalone copy of this charming board game for 4 players (a doctor, a wagon maker, a customs inspector and a postillon), with the aim of travelling from Prague to Vienna in 50 stages. Original leaflet of rules not present. The rules were included, together with this game as a paper fold-out, at the back of a youth periodical published in Nuremberg in 1805. "The format of a board game [...] afforded Enlightenment pedagogues an ideal, amusing instrument for encouraging children to problem-solve, read maps, and engage with the world." Ref. G.E.F. Seidel - Jugendkalender für das Jahr 1805, pp. 155-160 (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek). - Bruce, E.; Klarenbeek, E. - "Playing on the Map: An Educational Game from the Age of Revolutions." The Journal of the History of Childhood and Youth 13, no. 1 (2020), pp. 9-17.