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Title

  • The mansion of happiness : an instructive moral and entertaining amusement.

Names

  • Marian S. Carson Collection (Library of Congress)
  • W. & S.B. Ives (Firm)

Created / Published

  • Salem, Mass. : W. & S.B. Ives, c1843.

Headings

  • -  Children--Conduct of life--Juvenile literature
  • -  Virtues--Juvenile literature
  • -  Board games--Specimens

Notes

  • -  A board game that folds to the shape of a book. The paper fastener holds a counter and the instructions (1 sheet).
  • -  The spaces on the game board are numbered from 1 to 67 and arrranged in an oval. Illustrated spaces represent vitures or vices; if the player lands on a virtue, he moves forward, if he lands on a vice he moves back. The winner is the first to arrive at the center, the mansion of happiness.
  • -  LAC aaa 2018-12-10 update (1 card)

Medium

  • 1 game : col. ill. ; 37 x 47 cm. folded to 37 x 24 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • BJ1631 .M36 1843

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 85116226

OCLC Number

  • 3336330

Online Format

  • image
  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Marian S. Carson Collection, and W. & S.B. Ives. The Mansion of Happiness: An Instructive Moral and Entertaining Amusement. Salem, Mass.: W. & S.B. Ives, 1843. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/85116226/.

APA citation style:

Marian S. Carson Collection & W. & S.B. Ives. (1843) The Mansion of Happiness: An Instructive Moral and Entertaining Amusement. Salem, Mass.: W. & S.B. Ives. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/85116226/.

MLA citation style:

Marian S. Carson Collection, and W. & S.B. Ives. The Mansion of Happiness: An Instructive Moral and Entertaining Amusement. Salem, Mass.: W. & S.B. Ives, 1843. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/85116226/>.