Sale 2481 - Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books, June 7, 2018

394 c   (PLAYING CARDS.) A. Dough- erty. Excelsior. Complete deck of 52 color-printed playing cards with the engraved eagle title-card serving as the ace of spades. 3 5/8x2 1 / 2 inches; light wear, 8 of clubs with a small corner loss. Housed in original cloth covered wood and board box with moveable brass scorekeeping arrows, a little worn and faded. New York, circa 1870 [200/300] 394 395 395 c   (POSTCARDS — FRENCH.) L’Histoire de France. Collection de Rois & Reines. 67 unused portrait cards of notable French figures including Francis I, Louis XIV, Marie de Medici, Napoleon, Josephine, Marie-Louise, Joan of Arc and Gabrielle d’Estrees. 5 1 / 2 x3 1 / 2 inches, untrimmed; housed in original printed paper box, damaged. Paris: Lévy et Neurdein Réunis, circa 1925 [200/300]