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1817 Baron Louis Atthalin’s Transformation Playing Cards, 1817

Baron Louis Atthalin’s Transformation Playing Cards, 1817

Baron Louis Atthalin (1784-1856) designed these cards whilst on a sea crossing from Palermo to Marseilles in 1814.

1808 The Kiss, 1808

The Kiss, 1808

‘Aphorisms on the Kiss’ published by C. A. Solbrig, Leipzig, 1808.

1705 Royal Cards Reign of Queen Anne

Royal Cards Reign of Queen Anne

“Royal Cards Reign of Queen Anne” cover historical events, both honourable and treacherous, during the period 1702 to 1704.

Pantheon or Heathen Mythology

Pantheon or Heathen Mythology cards for instruction of youth, c.1770.

1800 Georgian Fortune Telling Cards

Georgian Fortune Telling Cards

Georgian Fortune Telling Cards, c.1800.

1740 Illustrated Playing Cards, c.1740

Illustrated Playing Cards, c.1740

Illustrated playing cards featuring comical engravings and rhymes about saints, c.1740.

1682 Geographical Playing Cards, c.1682

Geographical Playing Cards, c.1682

Geographical playing cards sold by Henry Brome, second edition, c.1682.

1650 XVII Century Engraved Animal Cards

XVII Century Engraved Animal Cards

Anonymous French-suited German engraved cards c1610 to 1650.

1820 Banana Leaf Cards

Banana Leaf Cards

English Standard pack hand drawn & coloured on banana leaf, c.1820.

1644 Jeu de la Géographie

Jeu de la Géographie

“Jeu de Géographie” educational playing cards etched by Stefano Della Bella and published in c.1644.

1816 Jeu des Drapeaux c.1816

Jeu des Drapeaux c.1816

“Jeu des Drapeaux” commemorating Napoleon’s greatest battles, c.1816.

1812 French Suited Piquet

French Suited Piquet

French Suited Piquet by David Vachet, Switzerland, c.1812.

1803 John Nixon Scrapbook, 1803

John Nixon Scrapbook, 1803

Transformation proofs from the John Nixon Scrapbook.

1754 Forrest Cards, c.1750s

Forrest Cards, c.1750s

Hand-coloured Forrest Cards produced for “Young Gentlemen & Ladys who are Lovers of Ingenuity”, c.1750s.

1723 Delightful Cards, c.1723

Delightful Cards, c.1723

Delightful Cards, containing variety of entertainment for young Ladies and Gentlemen c.1723.

1876 Thackeray Transformation Cards

Thackeray Transformation Cards

Transformation playing cards by William Makepeace Thackeray, 1876.

1720 Bubble Cards, 1720

Bubble Cards, 1720

Bubble Cards - known as “All the Bubbles”, c.1720.

Wild Life

World Wide Fund for Nature-India Playing Cards, featuring 53 different colour paintings of a variety of wildlife including birds, butterflies, mammals and reptiles.

1690 Fortune-Telling Cards

Fortune-Telling Cards

These Fortune-Telling cards, first published as early as 1690, were possibly the first pack of cards ever made specifically for the purpose of fortune-telling.