Sale 2481 - Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books, June 7, 2018

EPHEMERA LOTS 390 - 397 390 c   (LOTTERY PUFFS.) Collection of approximately 85 printed English lottery puffs or advertisements. Letterpress on small sheets mostly in an 8vo format, several with wood engraved illustrations and/or humorous verses. Some clipped or with handbill binding edges; housed in a 20th century green cloth chemise and box. should be seen . Sold as property of the Strong National Museum of Play, Rochester, NY, to benefit the collections fund. England, early 19th century [400/600] Nice selection of puffs issued by various broker companies such as Bish,Webb, Hornsby, Swift, Eyton, Carroll, Sivewright, Martin, Hazard, Pidding,Turner, and Perry. Including a double-leaf promotion for the Royal Botanical Lottery of Dr. Robert John Thornton’s Temple of Flora, clippings relating to the Pigot Diamond, and other tempting offerings of promised riches.