This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 8/17/2024
[PUZZLES]. Nuts to Crack, Part XIV. London: R. Macdonald, ca. 1860. Letterpress broadsheet with hundreds of wood-engraved images, comprising a series of rebuses framing the central images, epistles, drawings of fancy knots, and other brain-busters; the center of the sheet is comprised of conundrums, enigmas, anagrams, and fascinating images to tease the brain. 20 x 15”. Old folds, corners chipped, loss at intersecting folds. One of a series of puzzle pages issued in concert with English newspapers; the solutions were offered for sale in a separate booklet entitled The Nutcracker.