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Lot 20

A FRENCH EMPIRE PERIOD PACK OF EDUCATIONAL PLAYING CARDS
Victor-Joseph Étienne de Jouy, published by Antoine-Augustin Renouard, Paris, 1809

A set of printed cards numbered I–XLVII, each with a woodcut portrait of a Roman emperor (or two or three together) and a brief biography of that subject, running sequentially from Julius Caesar to Romulus Augustulus, together with a card explaining the rules of the game, on thin laid paper card, in the original marbled paper-covered card box with printed label to the front
The box 11cm high, 7.5cm wide, 2.5cm deep

Estimate $200 - $300

Sold for $150

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The Terence Lane Collection Part II

AUCTION
Sale: IT149
10:00am - 4 August 2026
Timed Online Auction (Melbourne)

VIEWING
Friday 31 July - Saturday 1 August, 11am - 5pm
Monday 3 August by appointment
2 Oxley Road, Hawthorn VIC

CONTACT
Chiara Curcio
decorativearts@leonardjoel.com.au


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