Janus: Game of Zodiac: Directions

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MS Add.6322-6323	Henry Jackson: Papers
MS Add.6325	Breviary on the State of the Roman Church
MS Add.6326	Game of Zodiac: Directions
MS Add.6327	Catalogue of Pictures at Leigh Court, Bristol
MS Add.6328	Ernest Augustus Perceval: Account book
MS Add.6329	Broadmead Sunday School Society: Minute Book
MS Add.6335	Alfred Selley: letters to Spencer George Perceval
MS Add.6336	Charles Bromley: Dictionary of Musicians
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Game of Zodiac: Directions

Title	Game of Zodiac: Directions
Reference	GBR/0012/MS Add.6326
Covering Dates	1809
Extent and Medium	1 volume
Repository	Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives

Content and context

Directions on how to play an astronomical game for children called Zodiac, for the most part in verse, 19 folios. A letter is pasted to fo. 19 to an undesignated addressee from J. Wallis [publisher], Strand, 16 April 1808. On fo. 1 is the title 'The Zodiac', beneath which in another hand is written the date 1804. The correct date is not earlier than 1809, as is shown by the watermark. Inside the front cover appear the bookplate and signature of D.W. Smith.

Presented by Spencer George Perceval, 1921.

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Please cite as Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives, Game of Zodiac: Directions, MS Add.6326

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Astronomy

Childrens Games

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