French Empire period educational playing cards by Victor-Joseph Étienne de Jouy, 1809
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1809
This French Empire period educational playing card set, published in Paris in 1809 by Antoine-Augustin Renouard and authored by Victor-Joseph Étienne de Jouy, serves as both a game and a historical instructional tool.
The set comprises cards numbered I through XLVII, each featuring a woodcut portrait of one or more Roman emperors, ranging from Julius Caesar to Romulus Augustulus. Each card includes a brief biographical summary of the featured subject, providing a sequential historical narrative. The set is completed by an additional card detailing the rules of the game. Constructed from thin laid paper, the cards are housed in their original marbled paper-covered card box, which features a printed paper label on the front.
The entire assembly demonstrates the intersection of 19th-century pedagogical methods and leisure activities, with the box measuring approximately 11cm in height, 7.5cm in width, and 2.5cm in depth.
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- thin laid paper, marbled paper-covered card box
- Box dimensions
- 11cm x 7.5cm x 2.5cm
Technical characteristics
- Content
- 47 numbered cards plus one rules card
- Printing
- woodcut portraits, letterpress text
Design
- Labels
- printed label on box
- Subject
- Roman emperors
Identification
- Source note
- Described from a single auction-house listing published on Invaluable (reproduced with Invaluable's permission). Details apply to that one example; other examples of the type may differ, and the listing is supplementary evidence, not authentication.
- Maker named in listing
- Antoine-Augustin Renouard
Catalogue references
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