[Game]. Kaleidoscope. New Board Game. At Roux Libraire au Palais Royal Galerie de Bois N° 228 et 229. Marcilly, Rue St Jacques N° 21. Blanchard Galerie Montesquieu N° 1. And at all [sic] Novelty merchants. [Paris. about 1820]. Contemporary case covered with pink glossy paper (8,5 x 6,4 cm) containing engraved title, rules, (26) lithographed maps. Complete and sought after set of cards featuring a plant alphabet composed of large finely lithographed initials. An alphabet game in which each player must try to form a word with the four cards he is dealt and throw in a "chicken". According to the "Literary Kaleidoscope Rules", whoever forms a word takes a token from the "pool", until the "pool" is exhausted. Proper names are paid double, city names triple, province names quadruple and the name of a society person wins the whole "pool", bad spellers will pay three tokens. Twenty-six plates dating from the early days of lithography: Marcilly is at this address after 1815 and before 1822. An early card of vowels in an O adorned with palms [which can be used for all vowels] and twenty-five cards of initials done in flowers and leaves. Uncommon, well-preserved alphabet book with rule sheet for the game.