Die Vogel-Welt No. 351
Dondorf’s “Die Vogel-Welt” No. 351 quartet game, c.1905
Dondorf’s “Die Vogel-Welt” No. 351 quartet game, c.1905, an entertaining and educational party game showing various songbirds, cuckoos, plovers, geese, herons, owls, birds of prey, etc.
Above: Dondorf’s “Die Vogel-Welt” No. 351 card game, c.1905. 40 cards + extra card in box. Editions are known in several different languages. Images courtesy Ruud Ruitenberg.
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