The Game of Thaumatrope published in Paris by Mauclair-Dacier (1891-1903).
Original box with a great label containing 4 (of 12) original Thaumatrope disks in excellent condition.
The Thaumatropes were the very first optical toy, sold around 1825 by Dr Paris in London, to use the persistence of vision principle. Although here it is not use to create movement, this is a very important principle as its discovery eventually led to the Cinema!
Very bright chromolithography printing, the box is 10 cm x 16.5 cm x 2.2 cm or 4" x 6 1/2" x 7/8", the disks are 7.6 cm or 3" in diameter.