Compendium of Games. England, late 19th century. Brass inlay mahogany box with multiple compartments containing a wide assortment of table-top parlor games. Includes bone cribbage pegs and dominoes; wooden chess and checkers pieces; game pieces for Tiddlywinks (and instruction booklet), Siege of Paris, and the German game of Bell and Hammer; bone dice; dice cups; lead horses and riders for a steeplechase racing game; over 50 assorted marbles in leather pouch including latticinio swirl glass marbles and handmade stone and non-glass marbles; a folding Halma game board; seven Bezique and Rubicon markers, including one tartan ware with internal pegs; four whist markers: two Pall Mall Whist Markers. No. 5540. London: C.G.S. [and] two The New Whist Marker with text Ent. Stationers Hall. [With] Two game instruction booklets for The Royal Game of Bezique (12th and 15th editions). London: Ghas, Goodall, & Son, 19th century. The bottom drawer opens via a brass pin mechanism and contains two table croquet sets, one wooden, and one miniature brass set. Box 17 x 9 ½ x 8”. Condition varies; not all games are complete.