Article: 011636

Country: France

Manufacturer: B.P. Grimaud & Cie, Paris.

Cartes Hollandaises Illustrées. Design: Félix Simon (born in 1824). 1 sheet with two times all courts, complete. Color line block, 391x383 mm (sheet), 84x55 mm (cards), square corners, no index mark. Backs: Plain white, without imprint.
Maker’s name on Jack of Clubs. Circa 1900.
Lit.: Comp. Braun 259, Cary coll. 376, Fournier 315; on F. Simon see Depaulis in AdT 50, pp. 4-6 and Blachon [2001] p. 249.
Jack of clubs is also marked „F. SIMON“ in addition to „B.P. GRIMAUD“. In the lower white margin of the sheet are various printed numbers.
A folding mark in the white lower left corner, otherwise very good conservation.

$ 158.48