Live auction - Lot 58
[Game - Playing cards]
11 transformation playing cards.
[Vienna, H.F. Müller, c. 1818?]
€ 100 / 120
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Lot description
± 9,4 x 6,6 cm, aquatint and stipple engr. on wove paper, mainly watercoloured, blank versos. Very good condition.
Nice set of cards delicately coloured by hand. Some attractive themes: esoteric, oriental costums, courtesan...
Ref. Hargrave, A history of playing cards, p. 148.
Joined: 1 card from another game. 8 x 4,9 cm (folds starting to split). Watercoloured woodcut.
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