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c.1838 Old Grand Etteilla Tarot Egyptien Early Lismon France 77/78 Cards Rare
c.1838 Old Grand Etteilla Tarot Egyptien Early Lismon France 77/78 Cards Rare
c.1838 Old Grand Etteilla Tarot Egyptien Early Lismon France 77/78 Cards Rare
c.1838 Old Grand Etteilla Tarot Egyptien Early Lismon France 77/78 Cards Rare
c.1838 Old Grand Etteilla Tarot Egyptien Early Lismon France 77/78 Cards Rare
c.1838 Old Grand Etteilla Tarot Egyptien Early Lismon France 77/78 Cards Rare
c.1838 Old Grand Etteilla Tarot Egyptien Early Lismon France 77/78 Cards Rare
c.1838 Old Grand Etteilla Tarot Egyptien Early Lismon France 77/78 Cards Rare
c.1838 Old Grand Etteilla Tarot Egyptien Early Lismon France 77/78 Cards Rare

c.1838 Old Grand Etteilla Tarot Egyptien Early Lismon France 77/78 Cards Rare

$ 961.57

Availability: 51 in stock
  • Condition: fair condition, with 77 of 78 cards; all cards have signs of heavy use, including soiling with signs of discolouration and patina, as well as faded spots on the front and back of cards, along with stains and chips with some lacks; the deck is curved, perhaps hand-trimmed; with a slight musty odour. (see photographs for more details)

    Description

    c.1838-50 Grand Etteilla Tarot Egyptien, early Lismon
    Published by Simon Bloquel
    , France, c.1838-1850
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    Deck:
    Grand Etteilla Type II, early Lismon
    Description:
    Rare early grand Etteilla Egyptian tarot, exact age unknown.
    Rare early Grand Etteilla Egyptian tarot, exact age unknown.
    In 1838 Simon Blocquel published a new version of Etteilla’s deck, with the title 'Grand livre de Thot.' Blocquel habitually used anagrammatic synonyms such as Blismon, Z. Lismon, Zlismon.
    This new version by Blocquel is widely known as the Lismon Etteilla.
    The earliest editions of the Lismon Etteilla did not have the iconic blue borders that so many have come to identify with the Grand Etteilla Type II style.
    The first edition of Bloquel's Etteilla Type II decks had blank paper versos/backs, likely because they were issued as a book (see BnF ark:/12148/btv1b105274748 and ark:/12148/cb444135977; Christie's 2006 Kaplan Catalogue lot 61). Later early editions of the Lismon Etteilla often (or perhaps always) have blue paper versos/backs. The deck for sale here is very worn and soiled, so the colours are faded, as are the blue versos/backs. This edition can be dated to sometime after 1838, when the first edition was issued and before the iconic blue borders were introduced in c.1850.
    References:
    Choma, John, Personal Correspondence, July 30 2021; BnF
    ark:/12148/btv1b105274748
    ;
    BnF
    ark:/12148/cb444135977; Kaplan 2006
    4740232
    Deck Identifiers
    :
    Style: Grand Etteilla II Tarots Egyptiens
    Titles: French
    Borders:
    single black-line (no double blue-border)
    Paper: thick pasteboard card-stock
    Color: painted stencils
    Versos/Backs: solid blue
    CONDITION:
    fair condition
    , with 77 of 78 cards; all cards have signs of heavy use, including soiling with signs of discolouration and patina, as well as faded spots on the front and back of cards, along with stains and chips with some lacks; the deck is curved and hand-trimmed
    ; with a slight musty odour
    (see photographs for more details).
    Card Measurements:
    11.4 cm X 6.1 cm
    Shipped immediately, international worldwide posting, securely posted in air cushioned package, complete as pictured.
    Duties & Taxes in the receiver's country, if any, are to be borne by the receiver/buyer.
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