Fin-de-siècle Game (Game of the goose, Paris, Léon Saussine ed., 1891)

A goose game featuring a journey from Paris to Marseille, designed to celebrate the end of the 19th century. It reads "PARIS MARSEILLE en 5 minutes - EMBARCADÈRE" on the left, and "XVIIIe SIÈCLE - NE M'OUBLIEZ PAS S.V.P." at bottom left, before the Departure box. The squares illustrate the various inventions and innovations that improved life in the 19th century. In square 40, the construction of the Suez Canal is represented by two figures from France and Egypt, shaking hands. In the center, the sun rises over the two X's of the twentieth century.