Spilsbury jigsaw - John Spilsbury, 1766 - BL, John Spilsbury

Spilsbury jigsaw "europe divided into its kingdoms, etc. " believed to be the first purpose made jigsaw puzzle. Map pasted onto board and dissected along country boundaries to make an educational jigsaw puzzle. In 50 pieces, of which 5 (for scotland, the channel, the netherlands, and corsica & sardinia) are missing, and that for the gulf of finland is damaged. Lid of box contains reduced copy of map and incomplete handwritten label. Date: 1766. Collection: British Library.