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Title: Sphinxiana, Ou, Recueil Curieux D&Apos;Enigmes, de Charades Et de Logogriphes
Description: Lille, Blocquel, 1814. Leather. A very scarce French pocket sized puzzle book, containing over two-hundred intriguing puzzles, illustrated with a hand-coloured frontispiece. A very scarce work.Illustrated with a hand-coloured frontispiece, depicting Oedipus defeating the Sphinx.In French.A charming volume of riddles and puzzles, published by the French printer Simon Blocquel.This pocket-sized volume contains a total of 237 charades, enigmas, and logographsDated from the Gregorian Calendar to the rear. In a full calf binding. Externally, smart, with only a few light marks and a little discolouration to the leather. Very light bumping to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are a little age-toned with some spots. Frontispiece is torn with some loss, repaired with an additional leaf adhered to the recto. The occasional pencil mark to the text. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

Keywords: Sphinxiana, ou, Recueil Curieux d'Enigmes, de Charades et de Logogriphes sphinixana french puzzles sphinixana Not Stated


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