Playing Cards Broadside.

Playing Cards Broadside. Playing Cards Broadside. Origine des Cartes à Jouer. Dediée aux Amateurs. Paris: Mr Astruc, [1811], hand-coloured etching with engraved lettering by Antoine-Achille Bourgeois de la Richardière after Pierre Charles Durand, sheet size 483mm x 320mm, some age-toning and dust-soiling, head creased with a short closed tear (not affecting image). Scarce. British Museum description: 'A table showing (left to right) the suits of clubs, spades, diamonds and hearts, with historical explanations, having the Kings and Queens for each identified with historical figures; above centre, a statement about the history of playing cards, stating that they were invented in France during the reign of Charles V; at the top, a representation of a play by Thomas Corneille entitled 'Le Triomphe des Dames' in which the actors take the parts of playing cards, flanked by plaques lettered with a history of playing cards, on the left and a description of the play, on the right.', Paris: Mr Astruc, [1811], hand-coloured etching with engraved lettering by Antoine-Achille Bourgeois de la Richardière after Pierre Charles Durand, sheet size 483mm x 320mm, some age-toning and dust-soiling, head creased with a short closed tear (not affecting image). A table showing (left to right) the suits of clubs, spades, diamonds and hearts, with historical explanations, having the Kings and Queens for each identified with historical figures; above centre, a statement about the history of playing cards, stating that they were invented in France during the reign of Charles V; at the top, a representation of a play by Thomas Corneille entitled 'Le Triomphe des Dames' in which the actors take the parts of playing cards, flanked by plaques lettered with a history of playing cards, on the left and a description of the play, on the right.'

Estimate:£100

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