Complete deck of Aluette cards

by Trick-Taking Game, Aluette

$1,250 · Offered by Rootenberg Rare Books

France: 1858-1890. 48 playing cards on thick stock. 86 x 56 mm. Wood engraved designed with stencil color, versos alike with wood engraved grid fields. Excellent condition. Item #20151 A fine deck of cards for the game of Aluette, a trick-taking game commonly played in France. Made up of four suits—batons, coins, swords, and cups—the deck is dealt to players clockwise and played in “tricks”; the highest card wins and the player who

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