Grimaud- Deroy-Delarue Esoterisme - Board game - cardboard
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Description from the seller
Extremely rare 52-card divinatory Tarot-style game, The Game of Destiny, dated 1820/1840
It is a divinatory and encyclopedic deck, known by the name: Jeu de la Destinée (or Jeu de cartes mythologique, historique et astronomique)
Country: France Likely place: Paris
Publisher / card-maker: in the tradition of Parisian card makers (type B. P. Grimaud / Deroy / Delarue, or successors)
Intended use: a divinatory and moral game, but also educational
This is not a Tarot, but a 53-card deck enriched with symbolic scenes. I think the deck should comprise 54 cards
First half of the 19th century, very likely: 1820–1840
Empire / Restoration-era clothing style
Lithographed print
Thick card stock, rounded corners, 130 x 90 mm; some show fraying / slight restoration needed
Stylized constellations (fashion very popular after 1800)
Simultaneous presence of:
- moral scenes (judgment, prison, tribunal)
- mythological scenes (mermaids, antiquity)
- botany, architecture, astronomy
Alphabet letters (E, F, G, I, S, T, Z), typical of the Jeu de la Destinée
The game was used to predict the future, often with an explanatory booklet now lost.
Rare testimony of 19th-century popular divinatory culture
Extremely rare 52-card divinatory Tarot-style game, The Game of Destiny, dated 1820/1840
It is a divinatory and encyclopedic deck, known by the name: Jeu de la Destinée (or Jeu de cartes mythologique, historique et astronomique)
Country: France Likely place: Paris
Publisher / card-maker: in the tradition of Parisian card makers (type B. P. Grimaud / Deroy / Delarue, or successors)
Intended use: a divinatory and moral game, but also educational
This is not a Tarot, but a 53-card deck enriched with symbolic scenes. I think the deck should comprise 54 cards
First half of the 19th century, very likely: 1820–1840
Empire / Restoration-era clothing style
Lithographed print
Thick card stock, rounded corners, 130 x 90 mm; some show fraying / slight restoration needed
Stylized constellations (fashion very popular after 1800)
Simultaneous presence of:
- moral scenes (judgment, prison, tribunal)
- mythological scenes (mermaids, antiquity)
- botany, architecture, astronomy
Alphabet letters (E, F, G, I, S, T, Z), typical of the Jeu de la Destinée
The game was used to predict the future, often with an explanatory booklet now lost.
Rare testimony of 19th-century popular divinatory culture
Details
Era
1400-1900
Brand
Rarissime jeu de tarot divinatoire 52 cartes jeu de la destinée date 1820/1840
Material
cardboard
Designer/artist/maker
Grimaud- Deroy-Delarue Esoterisme
Country of origin
France
Condition
Reasonable
Packaging
Without original box
Estimated period
1800-1850
