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Here is a complete set of antique, wooden, lithographed French building blocks in its original box for houses and a zoo. They are from the early 20th century, Art Nouveau design at its finest!
u201cNK ATLAS Paris` which is the makeru2019s name given on the box, refers to the manufacturer of games and toys installed in the Rue de l'Atlas in Paris, and the name derived from the association of NICOLAS Lu00e9on and KELLER Charles. Their activity started in 1904.

On the lid of the wooden box stands in French: u201cNew cubes to build`, u201cFun and easy game`,
u201cMore than a thousand different combinations`, u201cin the same menagerie cube box`, u201cseries 97`, u201cdeposited models`, and u201cN.K. Atlas Paris`.

These are not the usual building blocks or cubes ? here we have also a whole zoo (or menagerie) at our hands! There are lions, tigers, apes, squirrels, giraffes, owls, porcupines, exotic birds, and all manner of beasts!
As you can see in the photographs, there are also doors, windows, clocks and all you can imagine for building houses. Besides the cubes there are red triangular prisms or wedges for building roofs, these are not lithographed.
Amazingly, the original box contains the complete set of cubes and prisms!
The cubes all have lithographed paper glued on, and most of them are in very good shape! There are some missing edges on some blocks, but only two of then are missing most of the paper covering.
One cube measures 3,2 cm / 1 3/8 inches square. A roof block measures 5,7 cm / 1 7/8 inches on its base and 3,2 cm / 1 3/8 inches all other sides.

The original wooden box misses the front clasp, has pen scribblings inside the lid, and a crack all through the backside; on the front a small crack is visible on the right side.
Despite all of that it is stable and houses the precious collection of these rare wooden cubes perfectly! The box measures 31 cm / 12 u00bc inches by 21 cm / 8 u00bc inches and 5 cm / 2 inches deep.

*Please, do be aware that any decorations you see in the photographs will NOT be included, this listing is for the antique French building cubes in their original box ONLY! We do have more antique and vintage building sets listed!

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*Please notice: This antique building block set does not belong into the hands of children; it may not fulfill the safety standards for toys in our time! It is not a childrenu2019s toy, though an adult collectoru2019s & vintage toy loveru2019s item for decoration & display only!

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