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3-D Dino Cards 2020

3-D Dino Cards

Lenticular images of different, unnamed dinosaurs on all-plastic cards.

Animal Tarot by Joseph Fetscher 1820

Animal Tarot by Joseph Fetscher

French-suited Natural History Tarot deck by Joseph Fetscher, Munich, c.1820.

Animals Quartet printed for Cigarrillos El Figaro, Peru

Animals Quartet printed for Cigarrillos El Figaro, Peru

Animals Quartet game printed for Cigarrillos El Figaro, Peru, early 1900s.

Birds, Beasts and Fishes 1896

Birds, Beasts and Fishes

The game of “Birds, Beasts and Fishes” published by Multum in Parvo Ltd, from 1896

Dino Deck playing cards 1991

Dino Deck playing cards

A different dinosaur for each of the four suits, two printed in red and two in blue.

Forest Echoes 1912

Forest Echoes

Chad Valley’s “Forest Echoes Zoological Snap” from before the First World War depicts superb illustrations of animals and their associated calls.

Gerrymanders 1900

Gerrymanders

Gerrymanders by Globe Series of Games, c.1900.

J. W. Spear and Sons: ‘Zoology’ 1910

J. W. Spear and Sons: ‘Zoology’

Quartet games with scientific illustrations became popular during the Victorian and Edwardian eras. J. W. Spear and Sons Zoology quartet game is a lesson in natural history.

La Zoologie

La Zoologie

Dondorf's “La Zoologie” card game no.335 features a collection of 40 chromolithographic prints of species of animals from around the world

Natural History Tarot 1810

Natural History Tarot

Natural History Tarot published by G M, Germany, early 19th C.

Noah’s Ark Card Game 1905

Noah’s Ark Card Game

Noah’s Ark Card Game, c.1905, which in its day helped to teach the Old Testament worldview

Oosehe 1900

Oosehe

‘Oosehe’ animal card game published by Woolley & Co, c.1900.

The Age of Dinosaurs playing cards 1994

The Age of Dinosaurs playing cards

Dinosaurs from different ages and locations, with artwork by Virginijus Poshkus.

XVII Century Engraved Animal Cards 1650

XVII Century Engraved Animal Cards

Anonymous French-suited German engraved cards c1610 to 1650.

Zoo-Zoo 1920

Zoo-Zoo

“Zoo-Zoo” card game published by Chad Valley games, c.1920s.

Zoological Misfitz

Zoological Misfitz

Zoological Misfitz card game published by C.W. Faulkner.