SOLD Early (c. 1890s) Richter Anchor Stone Tangram Puzzle with Beautiful Original Designs Booklet wooden solitaire board It is signed as well

It is signed as well

and the marbling itself just makes me swoon

Between 1790 and 1830 Betruch printed the "Bilderbuch für Kinder"

I fell in the love with this guy the moment I saw him

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SOLD Early (c. 1890s) Richter Anchor Stone Tangram Puzzle with Beautiful Original Designs Booklet wooden solitaire board It is signed as wellRichter & Co, Germany, is famous for its many late 19th early 20th century sets of stone blocks, including very large sets made for constructing elaborate structures. This tangram "Anchor Puzzle" is the simplest among them, and my favorite in no small part for the booklet accompanying it, showing 176 different designs to be made with the blocks, and which I find just gorgeous. (I think they pages are lithographed, but they look almost like woodblock