Late 19th /Early 20th. C. Happy Families Cards, Complete Deck birds of prey It is in unused

It is in unused

he just breaks my heart

Perfectly worn

and the yellow glow emitting from within--and also how it fills almost the whole paper

Late 19th /Early 20th. C. Happy Families Cards, Complete Deck birds of prey It is in unusedSuch fun weirdness. And so British. Happy Families is a card game first published in in the 1851, just before the Great Exhibition, invented by John Jaques Jr (also credited with popularizing tiddlywinks, snakes and ladders and ludo), with illustrations attributed to Victorian illustrator Sir John Tenniel. This particular deck, complete with 48 cards, I believe dates to the late 19th first decade 20th c. It features those original illustrations (plus