SPOONER'S ILLUSTRATION OF WILD ANIMALS

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SPOONER'S ILLUSTRATION OF WILD ANIMALS
A COLOURED LITHOGRAPH MOUNTED ON WOOD DISSECTED PUZZLE OF SCENES OF ANIMALS, IN ORIGINAL BOX WITH COLOURED LABEL SHOWING TWO INDIAN ELEPHANTS BEING ATTACKED BY A TIGER - 1848, AFTER JOHN W. GROOVE (SOME LUGS MISSING); AND EUROPE DIVIDED INTO ITS PRINCIPAL STATES WITH THEIR SUBDIVISIONS, ANOTHER SIMILAR PUZZLE WITH THE COUNTRIES PAINTED IN SEPARATE COLOURS - ROBERT SAYER 1786 (GULF OF FINLAND, CORSICA AND SWITZERLAND MISSING)
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ACCORDING TO LINDA HANNAS IN THE ENGLISH JIGSAW PUZZLE, ROBERT SAYER WAS THE LEADING LONDON 18TH CENTURY MAP AND PRINT SELLER WORKING BETWEEN 1745 AND 1794. HE ADVERTISED THAT ANY OF HIS MAPS COULD "BE HAD DISSECTED , ON BOARDS, FOR THE USE OF SUCH AS ARE LEARNERS OF GEOGRAPHY;"

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