c.1760 Old French Playing Cards Lyon 32/32 Standing Courtsc. 1760 Lyonnais Playing Cards 32 32 Published by Unknown Lyon, France, c. 1760 1780 Worldwide Shipping Description: 1760 1780, last Lyonnais pattern, painted stencil, standing courts. measurements: 8. 2 cm x 5. 5 cm The original design for Lyonnais cards changed in 1711, and the Knave of Spades was given a pipe to smoke. In 1751, the King of Clubs was given an Orb, while the Queens of Hearts and Spades lost their sceptres, and subsequently, all four

Embellished with a series of apprx

Deck:  English Standing Courts

Gold-stamped red-morocco spine label with the name of “Dante”  (somewhat rubbed)

and colour wear

· Style: transformation

Published by Scribner

Includes a poster with a description of each card in English

” (Cartier

along with 60 coloured plates in separately bound Atlas

and edge wear throughout

The copy here for sale is an early edition

Amsterdam: Erven F