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Tesselated pastime : with a chapter on some uses of the toy, and on taste in ornamental patterns
Tesselated pastime : with a chapter on some uses of the toy, and on taste in ornamental patterns
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Tesselated pastime : with a chapter on some uses of the toy, and on taste in ornamental patterns

Date1843
Names
Format
Notes
"Felix Summerly" was a pseudonym used by Sir Henry Cole.
Eight leaves showing 61 patterns are printed in colour.
Book is accompanied by wooden box containing triangular clay tiles, or tesserae. Tesserae, coloured in red, blue, black, white or yellow, are provided in sufficient numbers to enable a child to complete any of the illustrated patterns
Medium
DimensionsCover size: 15 cm x 12.5 cm (5 7/8 in. x 4 15/16 in.)
Extent
  • 16 pages, [8] leaves of plates : color illustrations
Language
CollectionOsborne Collection of Early Children's Books
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Call Number / Accession Number37131062494539D
Catalogue Record for Print Bookhttps://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Ntt=1784160
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