c.1760 Auvergne Playing Cards Clermont France 32/32c. 1750 80 Auvergne Pattern Playing Cards 32 32 with handcrafted card box Published by Unknown, Clermont (indicated by emblem of horse's head on King of Diamonds) Auvergne, France, second half of 18th century (exact age uncertain) Free Shipping Worldwide Description: late 18th century Auvergne pattern, named standing courts (post 1750). measurements: 8. 2 cm x 5. 4 cm Deck Identifiers: Style: Auvergne Courts: standing Suits: French Indices: none

An exquisitely rendered French Holy Bible

missing Major Arcana#16 Le Maison Dieu (The Tower)

the King of Clubs was given an Orb

· Paper: thin pasteboard

Page & Company

cracking of inner seam of both front and back hinges (lower front inner seam beginning to show a slight separation)

The book itself is likely a pseudo-epigraph

Dialogues of the Dead

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notations in an old hand written on reverses (see photographs)

· Print Technique: chromolithograph

though still intact and readable