Description

[004491] [Chinese Puzzle] A New Chinese Puzzle – The Above Consists of Seven Pieces of Ivory or Wood Viz. 5 Triangles, 1 Rhomboid, and 1 Square, Which Will Form the 292 Characters, Contained in This Book; Observing the Seven Pieces Must be Used to Form Each Character. London: James Izzard, 1817. First Edition. 12mo. Hardback. Good. Engraved title and thirty-one engraved plates. Original boards

Upper portion of upper joint slightly split but holding, rubbed to extremities. Internally, some off setting from title and final plate on to initial and final blanks, but plates otherwise generally clean

Uncommon early tangram book, engraved by S[idne]y Hall of 14 Bury Street, Bloomsbury (see Alexander, page 415, and Worms and Baynton-Williams, pages 291-2)

Seemingly unrecorded, though the BL has a later (c.1825) edition with two plates, which is imperfect