[Playing Cards] French Revolutionary Deck (incomplete) Issued in 1792. Block & stencil, 84x55mm., square borders & corners, plain backs, single figure; some dust smudging, scattered abrasions. 27 of 52 cards, including 11 of 12 figural cards. Keller FRA. 316 With Early 19th Century Historical Pedagogical Decks ( Histoire D’ Angleterre.) Paris: A.A.Renouard, [ Ca., 1807]. 48 letterpress game cards + letterpress description card, 104x68mm., square double borders, square corners, blank backs. Lacking rules card & case. Cards I-XLIX + description card [ several cards with double nos.] Generally clean & crisp. Brief summaries of the reigns of English monarchs. The subject’s engraved portrait is presented at the head of each card. See Keller 297. *(Histoire Grecque.) Lilie: Vanackere; Paris: Nicole, [ca. 1805]. 51 letterpress game cards, 103x69mm., square double borders, square corners, blank backs. Cards I-CLVIII [ duplicates of cards XII, XIII, & XXIX. Generally crisp & clean, with worn & partly defective original letterpress case. Brief summaries of the careers of great figures of antiquity. The subject’s engraved portrait is presented at the top of each card. Keller 301 &302. Also includes 28 letterpress cards with color engraved portraits at top of eminent pre-imperial Romans, [ British Iles, early 19th century], 93x67mm., scattered abrasions, but generally clean.
[Playing Cards] French Revolutionary Deck (incomplete) Issued in 1792. Block & stencil, 84x55mm., square borders & corners, plain backs, single figure; some dust smudging, scattered abrasions. 27 of 52 cards, including 11 of 12 figural cards. Keller FRA. 316 With Early 19th Century Historical Pedagogical Decks ( Histoire D’ Angleterre.) Paris: A.A.Renouard, [ Ca., 1807]. 48 letterpress game cards + letterpress description card, 104x68mm., square double borders, square corners, blank backs. Lacking rules card & case. Cards I-XLIX + description card [ several cards with double nos.] Generally clean & crisp. Brief summaries of the reigns of English monarchs. The subject’s engraved portrait is presented at the head of each card. See Keller 297. *(Histoire Grecque.) Lilie: Vanackere; Paris: Nicole, [ca. 1805]. 51 letterpress game cards, 103x69mm., square double borders, square corners, blank backs. Cards I-CLVIII [ duplicates of cards XII, XIII, & XXIX. Generally crisp & clean, with worn & partly defective original letterpress case. Brief summaries of the careers of great figures of antiquity. The subject’s engraved portrait is presented at the top of each card. Keller 301 &302. Also includes 28 letterpress cards with color engraved portraits at top of eminent pre-imperial Romans, [ British Iles, early 19th century], 93x67mm., scattered abrasions, but generally clean.
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