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Jeu prophétique et indiscret
Title
[Jeu prophétique et indiscret].
Publication
Paris : Le Bourgeois, [between 1868 and 1875]
Physical Description
32 cards : color ; 84 x 55 mm
Medium
engraving
stenciling (process)
Local Notes
BEIN PLAYING CARDS GEN 978: From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards.
Notes
Title from Cartiers parisiens du XIXe siècle.
Le Bourgeois operated from 1868 to 1875. See Cartiers parisiens du XIXe siècle.
Court cards reissued from plates of Parisian playing card maker Migeon.
Carte parisienne style court cards depict ladies and gentlemen in fashionable dress standing in front of various landscapes.
Aces, 7 of Hearts, and 7 of Diamonds show numbered lists of paired male and female first names.
Composition of deck: 32 (A, K, Q, J, 10-7).
All court cards: Le Bourgeois, rue de la Banque, 20, Paris // 4; KD: MIGEON PARIS.
AS: 1 ANTOINE / AMÉLIE / 3 ADOLPHE / AGATHE / 5 ALEXANDRE / ANNE ... 127 ZEPHIRIN / ZOE; AH: 2 ANDRE / AGNÈS / 3 ADOLPHE / AGATHE / 6 ALEXIS / AUGUSTINE ... 127 ZEPHIRIN / ZOE; AD: 4 ADRIEN / ADELE / 5 ALEXANDRE / ANNE / 6 ALEXIS / AUGUSTINE ... 127 ZEPHIRIN / ZOE; AC: 8 ACHILLE / ALINE / 9 ALBERT / ALEXANDRINE / 10 AUGUSTE / ADRIENNE ... 127 ZEPHIRIN / ZOE; 7H: 32 CHRISTOPHE / CHRISTINE / 32 CYPRIEN / CÉLESTINE / 34 CLÉMENT / CAROLINE ... 127 ZÉPHIRIN / ZOE; 7D: 16 ANATOLE / AURÉLIE / 17 ANSELME / ALPHONSINE / 18 ARMAND / ANTOINETTE ... 127 ZÉPHIRIN / ZOE.
Card backs: maze with dots, black.
Format
Images
Language
French
Added to Catalog
July 10, 2020
References
Keller, W.B. Catalogue of the Cary Collection of Playing Cards in the Yale University Library, FRA 349
Alfaro Fournier, F. Playing Cards, France 249
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Fortune telling cards.
Engravings.
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