The Counties of England 2nd series - 1910

The Counties of England card game was based on Happy Families and first published by Jaques in 1866. The game was designed to educate as well as entertain. Each of the place-name cards have a picture and some interesting facts about that particular place.

Jaques' Counties of England card game, 2nd Series covers the Midland Counties and is very rare to come by, this box has a Gamages trade label priced at one shilling and four pence halfpenny

This edition we can date with accuracy to between 1904 and 1920 based upon the Jaques & Son, Ltd. London, logotype

The cards are immaculate and inside is the rules sheet, the box has a little pen mark to the front but otherwise only has common signs of wear. Grade 2 under the Hoyles Vintage Grading System.