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.