The Aesop Game

Title

The Aesop Game

Description

1935? "The Game of Aesop." Seventeen pairs of cards (text and illustration, respectively), lettered alike A through Q, and one odd card with a picture of Aesop (right). Artcraft?

The text-cards have plain light backing, while the picture-cards have a brown backing. The illustrations are simple and enjoyable. The human face of the lion on "D" is a clue that the illustrations are done after the work of an early artist. The fox on "M" only looks at the grapes. A text card explaining the game is the companion to the card bearing Aesop's portrait. The texts do not seem to come from a version I am aware of. The point of the game is for each contestant to get the most matches between text and picture. The image of "I" has a corner torn off, and the texts of "O" and "Q" show a crease. The cards came with a standard deck of Artcraft cards in an Artcraft box. Who knows whether they are really from Artcraft?!

Date

1935?

Source

$27 from Karen Kropas, Weymouth, MA, through Ebay, Jan., '00.

Subject

Cards See all items with this value

Card Games See all items with this value

The Aesop Game See all items with this value

The Wolf and the Crane See all items with this value

The Fox and the Lion See all items with this value

The Boy Bathing See all items with this value

The Dog and the Shadow See all items with this value

The Raven and the Swan See all items with this value

The Fox and the Mask See all items with this value

The Cock and the Jewel See all items with this value

The Swallow and the Crow See all items with this value

The Eagle and the Arrow See all items with this value

The Thirsty Pigeon See all items with this value

The Wild Boar and the Fox See all items with this value

The Sick Stag See all items with this value

The Sea Gull and the Kite See all items with this value

The Fox and the Grapes See all items with this value

The Dog in the Manger See all items with this value

The Viper and the File See all items with this value