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[Card-reading & fortune-telling].
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186
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[Card-reading & fortune-telling].
See original version (French)
Estimate €80 - €120
Voluntary lot
Description
[Card-reading & fortune-telling]. A collection of 19th-century works comprising:
1. ORSINI (Julia). *Le grand Etteilla ou l'art de tirer les cartes*. Paris: Delarue, undated. Followed by: G***. ‘Prescience, or A Comprehensive Interpretation of Dreams, Visions and Prophecies’. Paris: Delarue, undated. Followed by: The True Oracle for Ladies and Young Ladies, a secret counsellor providing infallible answers to all questions concerning the most important periods and events in life, confirmed by the opinions of the most famous philosophers and physiologists. In Paris, self-published, 1839. A substantial volume illustrated with numerous plates.
2. ORSINI (Julia). The Great Etteilla, or the Art of Reading Cards and Telling Fortunes. In Paris, published by Delarue, no date. A paperback volume, illustrated with numerous plates.
3. ANONYMOUS. Cartomancy according to Etteilla, Mlle Lenormand and other famous authors. In Paris, available from all bookshops, no date. A paperback volume.
4. HAMILTON. The Voice of Destiny, or the Science of Cards Reduced to its Simplest and Clearest Expression, followed by The Cross of the Future. Paris: published by the author, 1860. One paperback volume.
5. BOITEAU (Paul). Playing Cards and Cartomancy. Paris: Hachette, 1854. One paperback volume.
6. ANONYMOUS. The Great Cartomancy, or the Art of Reading Cards for Others and for Oneself, and of Reading the Past, the present and the future, according to the French, German and Spanish systems, and the Italian method of the great Etteilla, followed by palmistry and physiognomy [...] concluding with phrenology. In Paris, at Bernardin Béchet’s bookshop, undated. One paperback volume including a large fold-out plate.
Enclosed: A copy in the same condition.
7. ETTEILLA (Jean Baptiste ALLIETTE, known as). Etteilla, or an instruction on the art of card reading. Amsterdam and Paris: Segault and Legras, 1782. One paperback volume.
8. LEMARCHANT (Mlle). The Delights of Cartomancy, or a Picturesque Description of Each Card in the Grand Deck of the Oracle of the Ladies, with Combinations to Explain the Present, the Past and the Future. In Paris, available from all novelty merchants, undated. A paperback volume.
9. HALBERT. Ancient and Modern Cartomancy, or A Comprehensive Treatise on the Art of Reading Egyptian or French Cards, Tarot Cards, etc. Paris: available from novelty bookshops, 1858. A paperback volume illustrated with fold-out plates.
10. BOITEAU (Paul). Playing Cards and Cartomancy. Paris: Hachette, 1854. A paperback volume.
11. ESMAËL. A Handbook of Cartomancy, or The Art of Reading Cards Made Accessible to All. Paris: published by booksellers and publishers, undated. A paperback volume.
12. Mlle Le Nromand’s Grand Board Game and Secret Practices. Published in Paris by Gaudais, undated. A small paperback publication.
13. TRISMEGIST (Johannes). The Art of Reading French Playing Cards, followed by an Explanation of the Book of Thoth or the Game of Princess Tarot. Paris: Passard, undated. One paperback volume.
14. Almanac of the Oracle for Ladies and Young Ladies. Paris: Novelty Booksellers, undated. A paperback volume.
15. ODOUCET (d’). The Science of Signs or Medicine of the Mind, known as The Art of Reading Cards. Paris: published by the author, undated. One paperback volume in its original condition.
16. ANONYMOUS. The Art of Card Reading: The Perfect Oracle, with a clear and accessible explanation of all the cards in the piquet deck, their interpretation and meaning according to the most famous card readers, Mademoiselle LENORMAND, ETTEILLA, &, &,. In Paris, available from all booksellers, undated. A paperback volume.
17. ETTEILLA (Jean-Baptiste ALLIETTE, known as). A Guide to Amusing Oneself with the Deck of Cards Known as Tarots. To Serve as the Fourth Supplement to This Work. In Amsterdam and Paris, published by the author, 1785. A paperback volume comprising a fold-out plate: “Planetary clock, for the practical application of magnetism, taking into account each temperament, and for generally identifying the appropriate times for various undertakings that are useful and pleasant in moral, political and civil life.”
All in its original condition.
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About the sale
Books & Manuscripts, Engravings, Posters, Illustrations, Postcards and Stamps
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09/24/2026 at 2:00 PM
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