Les Fleurs (Hachette Livre)
Delicate floral drawings by Zoé de Las Cases with symbolic meanings in French.
Zoé de Las Cases is an illustrator, graphic designer and interior designer based in Paris. Her elegant graphic style is well suited to the subject of this pack, namely flowers. Each flower is named twice (upright and reversed) in French together with that flower’s symbolic meaning. The delicate nature of the flowers is emphasised by the use of soft, pastel colours throughout. The cards have a glossy finish. See the box
Les Fleurs published by Hachette Livre, Vanves, France, 2026. Printed by Starlite, China. 52 cards + 2 (identical) Jokers in tuck box. Size: 63 x 88.5 mm. © Hachette Livre
By Roddy Somerville
France • Member since May 31, 2022
Roddy started collecting stamps on his 8th birthday. In 1977 he joined the newly formed playing-card department at Stanley Gibbons in London before setting up his own business in Edinburgh four years later. His collecting interests include playing cards, postcards, stamps (especially playing cards on stamps) and sugar wrappers. He is a Past President of the Scottish Philatelic Society, a former Chairman of the IPCS, a Past Master of the Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards and Curator of the WCMPC’s collection of playing cards. He lives near Toulouse in France.
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