Playing cards featuring characters from historical novels.

Playing cards featuring characters from historical novels.Hand-colored, with gilt edges. 8.3 x 5.5 cm. 80.0 g.52 cards, manufacturer: O. Gibert (Paris), signed, mid-19th century, circa 1846. French sheet. The obverse of the King and Queen character cards each depicts famous figures or literary characters from French history—ranging from the Renaissance to the Rococo period—who were referenced in contemporary literature from the 1820s to the 1850s, such as, for example, from Alexandre Dumas’ novels *The Lady of Monsoreau* (published in 1846; the fictionalized “Dame de Monsereau” and Louis de Clermont, Seigneur de Bussy d’Amboise (1549–1579)) and “Les Deux Diane” (published in 1846; Diane de Poitiers, 1499/1500–1566), the novel “Cinq-Mars” by Alfred de Vigny (published in 1826; Henri Coiffier de Ruzé, Marquis de Cinq-Mars (1620–1642) and Marion Delorme (1630–1650)), as well as several plays about the life of the Chevalier d’Éon (1728–1810: listed here under her birth title as “Chevalier”—a spy, swordswoman, and diplomat who was born a man but lived as a woman from the 1760s onward). The reverse is solid pink.Ace of Hearts with a 10-Kreuzer tax stamp from Austria.*This is an automatically generated translation from German by deepl.com and only to be seen as an aid - not a legally binding declaration of lot properties. Please note that we can only guarantee for the correctness of description and condition as provided by the German description.

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