"Le Sorcier fin de siècle" or the art of card drawing. Cartomancy fan, late 19th century
"Le Sorcier fin de siècle" or the art of card drawing. Cartomancy fan, late 19th century
Wooden fan, the paper leaf applied with cut-out vignettes for a set of cartomancy cards “Le Sorcier fin de siècle”, “L'art de tirer les cartes - Présent / Fortune - Futur / Héritage - Manière de connaitre la personne qui vous aime”. [“The fin de siecle Sorcerer." The art of drawing cards - Present / Fortune - Future / Inheritance - How to know the person who loves you”.]
Condition: stains and tears
H :
Mention is made at the end of the Almanach illustré de l'Alliance franco-russe by MM. Eug. Mourot et Léon Hayard, published in Paris by Hayard in 1898, of the other titles published by Montmartre publisher Léon Hayat (nicknamed the “éditeur des camelots” [publisher of camelots]). Among the “essential works for young girls and boys [...] to have fun and learn” was a small, topical brochure priced at 0.50 franc, entitled La manière de se tirer les Cartes soi-même ou le Sorcier fin de siècle [The way to draw your own Cards or the fin de siècle Sorcerer. ]
(NP. view 66).
Condition: stains and tears
H :
Mention is made at the end of the Almanach illustré de l'Alliance franco-russe by MM. Eug. Mourot et Léon Hayard, published in Paris by Hayard in 1898, of the other titles published by Montmartre publisher Léon Hayat (nicknamed the “éditeur des camelots” [publisher of camelots]). Among the “essential works for young girls and boys [...] to have fun and learn” was a small, topical brochure priced at 0.50 franc, entitled La manière de se tirer les Cartes soi-même ou le Sorcier fin de siècle [The way to draw your own Cards or the fin de siècle Sorcerer. ]
(NP. view 66).
