Play Book Tag discussion

I have loved Nick Bantock's work since I fell in love with his Griffin and Sabine series. I have squirreled away boxes of notecards with his artwork, and treasure my set of his books. Not long ago I discovered he'd created and published this little gem, more interactive puzzle than book to be read. The premise is that Magnus Berlin's ancester, back in the Quattrocentro era, was commissioned by King Francis 1 of France to create an amusement for the court. He came up with a puzzle that led to a political and social philosophy that is espoused to this day. After discovering this 'entertainment' by his ancester Berlin is inspired to create his own puzzle for future generations to solve and thus share the philosophy espoused back in the day.

Once again we have Bantock's signature rich artwork tucked inside equally decorative envelopes. There's a list of clues corresponding to each envelope that when solved, leads to an anagram which you can sort from another guide provided. i got halfway through before I was able to solve a single clue, at which point they all started falling into place. Some are incredibly easy, others quite difficult, and there are some amusing deceptions -- as in there is much included ot distract your attention so you make an easy 'find' much harder than it needed to be. Paper and pen are needed.

I thoroughly enjoyed this, spending a couple hours working through it, split over 2 days. Like doing a crossword puzzle, you need to walk away sometimes for a bit to get those last ones. I think this would also work very well solving with others at the same time - an entertainment at a dinner party or family gathering.

What is important is to keep everything in order and put back into the correct envelopes. I recommend stickys rather than writing on the documents themselves in order not to ruin the artwork.

NOTE: I think there is a mistake in one of the clues. As the answers are not provided, I will check with either the artist or publisher. I did see a comment here on GR that another clue had a mistake in it that the publisher has fixed in later printings since first in 2018 -- and I have one of those later printings.