Oracle Planetaires or Sorcier du XIXe siècle, tarots parisiens
BOOKLET TITLE: [Oracles Planetaires, Sorcier du XIXe Siècle: Tarots Parisiens; Astronomiques. Physiogiques et Psychologiques. Jeu Entièrement Nouveau de 58 cartes, formant 116 tableaux et un Nomber infini de combinaisons donnant des Réponses Précises sur La Destiné; Passée Présente et future des Personnes; Jeu de la Bonne Socièté et du Grand Monde. Divination par les Astres et les Couleurs.]
Created by A. de. Para d'Hermes
Published by Bouchard-Huzard, Veuve de Louis (179.?-187.? ; imprimeur-libraire)
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Deck: Oracles Planetaires | Sorcier du XIXe Siècle | Tarots Parisiens
Description: The original and rarely seen 1867 Oracles Planetaires, conceived by A. de. Para d'Hermes. The deck has 58 cards (only 55/58 present here) + 2 consultant cards, and was originally sold with a 47-page booklet. Unfortunately, the booklet is absent here but is available online at Gallica, the online digital library of the Bibliothéque Nationale de France (BnF). Divination by the stars and colours.
Deck Identifiers:
· Style: Oracles Planetaires
· Reverses: plain light purple (undecorated paper)
· Paper: thick pasteboard cardstock
· Titles: French
Condition Good condition, incomplete with 57 of 60 cards (missing Soleil #5/6, Mars #7/8, Mercury #5/6), without instructional booklet (47 p.). Cards are in very good condition overall, with some signs of wear and minimal staining, save for Lune #13/14 with a watery ink stain and Terre #3/4 (see photographs).
Card Dimensions: 8.6 cm x 5.6 cm
References
Guibert, Georges Marteau, 543-545;
Gallica (BnF) Identifier: ark:/12148/btv1b105093705;
Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Estampes et photographie, RESERVE BOITE ECU-KH-167 (13, 543-545).