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[GAMES]. D’ALLEMAGNE, Henry Rene. Sports et Jeux d’Adresse. Paris: Librairie Hachette & Cie, [ca. 1903]. Original pictorial boards, top edge gilt. 100 plates, including 29 hand-colored plates with tissue-guards; 328 text illustrations. Large 4to. 381pp. Covers moderately rubbed and worn, splitting at joints; occasional light spotting.FIRST EDITION of this comprehensive survey of the history of sports and games, heavily illustrated. [With]: D’ALLEMAGNE, Henry Rene. Le Noble Jeu De L’Oie en France, de 1640 de 1950. Paris: Librairie Grund, 1950. Cloth-backed pictorial boards. Large 4to. 48 plates, nine hand-colored, and over 100 text illustrations. LIMITED EDITION, number 88 of 700 copies. Soiling to covers. An extensive history of Game of the Goose.