Playing Cards from France

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Some of the oldest cards still in existence come from France. During the 16th and 17th centuries France was the major supplier of playing cards in Europe.

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Jeu de Tarot (Catel & Farcy)

by Roddy Somerville
Aug 16, 2024

Colourful version of a standard French (‘Bourgeois’) Tarot.

1965

Jeu de Tarot Astérix

by Roddy Somerville
Feb 19, 2023

A French Tarot game pack with Astérix and friends on all the trump cards.

1997

Jeu de Tarot Pocket Fantasy/Science-Fiction

by Roddy Somerville
Jun 22, 2022

Tarot game pack with fantasy sci-fi artwork on the trumps published by Pocket SF, France.

Jeu des 7 Familles

by Rex Pitts (1940-2021)
Oct 04, 2019

Jeu des 7 Familles © K.F.S. Opera Mundi c.1960.

1960

Jeu des 7 familles basques

by Roddy Somerville
Jun 13, 2024

A Happy Families-type game from the Basque country, with designs by Soledad Bravi and Agathe de Lastic.

2022

Jeu des 7 Familles by J.J.F

by Rex Pitts (1940-2021)
Nov 22, 2014

“Jeu des 7 Familles” by Jeux et Jouets Français of Paris, 1904.

1904

Jeu des 7 Familles by Miro Company

by Rex Pitts (1940-2021)
Sep 19, 2009

Jeu des 7 Familles by Miro Company, c.1960.

Jeu des 7 Familles Spider-Man

by Roddy Somerville
May 15, 2023

Colourful card game featuring the Marvel Comics superhero Spider-Man and some of his fearsome adversaries.

1996

Jeu des Bonnets Phrygiens

by Peter Burnett
Mar 02, 2024

Reproduction of Jeu des Bonnets Phrygiens relating to the Phrygian cap (or liberty cap), France, 1988.

1988

Jeu des Chats

by Roddy Somerville
Apr 06, 2023

Eighteen different cat breeds drawn by Marie-France Gary.

1997

Jeu des Copains

by Roddy Somerville
Jan 18, 2024

French popular singing stars of the 1960s.

1965

Jeu des Drapeaux c.1816

by Ann and John Sings
Sep 11, 2017

“Jeu des Drapeaux” commemorating Napoleon’s greatest battles, c.1816.

1816

Jeu des Fleurs

by Rex Pitts (1940-2021)
May 05, 2014

Dondorf no.332: ‘Jeu des Fleurs’ French edition

1900

Jeu des Médecins

by Peter Burnett
Feb 20, 2024

Cartoons of doctors and nurses by Pino Zac, published by B.P. Grimaud in 1983.

1983

Jeu des Quatre Saisons de l’An II

by Matt Probert
Sep 12, 2017

“Jeu des Quatre Saisons de l’An II” facsimile of French Revolution deck originally published by J. B. Debeine (Reims) 1793.

1793

Jeu des Rois de France

by Rod Starling (1936-2023)
Feb 11, 2013

This beautifully engraved and pleasing deck designed in 1856 has French Kings and consorts as the Kings and Queens, with noble attendants as the Jacks, all dressed in magnificent period costumes.