BEIN FRA158: From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards., Title from slip case., Latin/Italian suit system., Type: Marseille tarot., Composition of deck: 78 [A, K, Q, C, J, 10-2, trumps I-XXI, Fool]., CourtCards: Courts: B. P. GRIMAUD. PARIS., Pip cards: 2 of Diamonds: 1748 / B. P. GRIMAUD / 1930., Trumps: Single figure trumps: B. P. GRIMAUD. PARIS., Color lithography, surface polished., and Slip case, brown: [label] B. P. GRIMAUD / ANCIEN TAROT / DE MARSEILLE / PARIS.
Engraved title vignette (medallion-portrait of author), Translation, partly in verse, partly in prose, of Faust, first part., BAC: British Art Center copy 1 bound in contemporary green quarter morocco and marbled boards, with brown leather corners. First issues of the lithographs, on China paper., and BAC: British Art Center copy 2 is a large paper copy. Bound in red half morocco with marbled boards.
Publisher:
Chez Ch. Motte, Éditeur ... et chez Sautelet, libraire ... and Imprimerie de Gaultier-Laguionie
Subject (Name):
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832. and Faust, -approximately 1540
"Portrait of Madame de Maintenon, bust-length directed to right and looking to front, her dark hair in an updo and dressed with pearls, and wearing a pearl earring and a pearl necklace, in an oval frame, surrounded by four medallions celebrating her virtues, and her coat of arms at the bottom."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Françoise Daubigny Marquise de Maintenon
Description:
Title from text in image., Publisher and date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1917,1208.1341., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top edge., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 96 (leaf numbered '145' in pencil) in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Series of 6 numbered postcards with narrative captions depicting a girl in legal attire advocating children's rights.
Alternative Title:
Postcards depicting a girl in legal attire, advocating children's rights and Legally themed postcards depicting a girl in legal attire, advocating children's rights
Description:
Title devised by cataloger. , Postcards are addressed to Mademoiselle Marie Thérèse Desmons; dates from postmark: Lille, France, 1902 and 1904., Some postcards include manuscript notes below captions., Also available in original print http://morris.law.yale.edu/record=b1281671, Digital reproduction. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale Law Library, 2019 LM ZA Postcards v.1 no.1 tall, In French., and Online resource; description based on print version record.
Series of 5 numbered postcards, with narrative captions, poking fun at the arrogance of the legal profession. The child peasant in need of legal assistance cannot pay the lawyer enough
Alternative Title:
Postcards depicting two French children as attorney and peasant and Legally themed postcards depicting two French children as attorney and peasant
Description:
In lower right corner: R.P.I., Postmarked 1904., Title devised by cataloger. , Card number 5 dated 1903 in manuscript. Other manuscript notes on some postcards, some of which are addressed to Mademoiselle B. Devidel and Jeanne Lacaton. , Accompanied by translation., Also available in original print http://morris.law.yale.edu/record=b1281709, Digital reproduction. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale Law Library, 2019 LM ZA Postcards v.1 no.4 tall., In French., and Online resource; description based on print version record.
Series of 10 numbered postcards, with narrative captions; French child as advocate, poking fun at the legal profession. "This series illustrates an old children's folksong about a lawyer, some hints of gluttony and hostility, but not unlike cautionary children's songs in English, to influence their behavior through bad examples. Except that the bad example here is the act of a lawyer, so not totally innocent or innocuous! It's the kind of children's songs that would be accompanied by gestures."--Donor's description
Alternative Title:
Postcards depicting a French child as a lawyer, pocking fun at the legal profession and Legally themed postcards depicting a French child as a lawyer, pocking fun at the legal profession
Description:
In lower right corner of recto of postcard: Collections ND. Phot., Date from postmark, 1903-1904., Manuscript notes on most cards., Accompanied by translation., Postcard no. 1 is addressed to "Mademoiselle Jermaine Bertran" ; postcards no. 2-10 are addressed to "Mademoiselle J.[Jermaine?] Leygonie.", Also available in original print http://morris.law.yale.edu/record=b1281710, Digital reproduction. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale Law Library, 2019 LM ZA Postcards v.1 no.5 tall., In French., and Description based on print version record.
BEIN FRA159 1: From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards., BEIN FRA159 2: From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards., Title from slip case label., Latin/Italian suit system., Type: Marseille tarot., Composition of deck: 78 [A, K, Q, C, J, 10-2, trumps I-XXI, Fool]., Color lithography, surface polished., Slip case: B. P. GRIMAUD / TARTO ITALIEN / 78 CARTES / CHARTIER, MARTEAU & BOUDIN / 54, rue de Lancry, 54. / PARIS., Courts: B. P. GRIMAUD-PARIS., Trumps: B.P. GRIMAUD-PARIS; II: JUNON; V: JUPITER; VII: V.T., Pips and Jokers: 4 of Coins, fleurs-de-lis; 2 of Coins: 1748 / ARNOULT / 1748; 2 of Cups, fleurs-de-lis., and Tax stamp on Ace of Coins, blue: REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE / [head in profile] / DECRET / DU 12 AVRIL 1890.
BEIN FRA216: From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards., Title from wrapper., No suit system., Composition of deck: 36 [1-36], instructions., and Color lithography, coarse stock.