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Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(INSTRUCTIONAL CARDS.) Willerton, T., vendor. Pantheon or Heathen Mythology in Cards, calculated for the Instruction of Youth. Engraved title card and 51 (of 52?) cards, each with half-page illustration above explanatory text. 96x62 mm; cards loose as issued in soiled and worn original stiff paper slipcase with chipped engraved label ("Sold by T. Willerton's Toy Shop") on front. [London, later 18th century]
The cards show deities or characters and episodes from Greco-Roman mythology. The only other packs located are at Princeton (Cotsen Children's Library), Yale (Cary Collection), and the British Museum (Schreiber Collection). The Cotsen pack and the one offered here have the same number of cards, but each contains one card lacking in the other; the Cary and Schreiber packs have fewer cards.
