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Original complete first issue of the card deck "Jean Hachette " Jeu à transformation (Transformation game), by Maximilian Frommann
Card Deck, Jean HachetteJeu à transformation. Darmstadn (Germany), Maximilian Frommann, c.a. 1860.
Complete deck, (9 x 6,5 cm), 52 chromolithographic cards, printed on thick cardboard, back of the card embellished with blue and with floral decorations, square corners.
Jeu à transformation (Transformation Game) is the name given to a particular deck of cards, printed for the first time in Germany at the starting of XIX century, in which the suit signs are made to form part of the humorous design.
The present set, printed by Maximilian Frommann for the first time, is known by the name "Jean Hachette".
Many of the illustrations can also be found on a contemporary pack made by Grimaud in Paris or on the Kartenspielereien by Braun & Schneider in Munich.
The original Frommann deck, as the one here described, can be identified by the initials of the maker printed on the upper… Read More

Exceedingly rare Roman Missal By Pezzana in a richly decorated contemporary descriptive binding
No copy of this edition recorded in WorldCat
Roman Church. Missale Romanum ex decreto sacrosancti Concilii Tridentini restitutum, s. Pii 5. pontificis maximi jussu editum, Clementis 8. & Urbani 8. auctoritate recognitum. Cui accessere Sanctorum missae ad hanc usque diem per summos pontifices novissime emanatae. Venetiis : apud Nicolaum Pezzana, MDCCLXVI [1766].
4to (24 x 16,5 cm), Contemporary red Morocco descriptive binding, gilt monogrammed, C.F. and N.G at boards, gilt floral border with geometrical decoration at angles, spine richly decorated with gilt geometrical decorations, pp. [48], 632, CXCI, [1], XXIII, [1], signature: [cross]-3[cross]⁸ A-P⁸ 2Q¹² a-k⁸ l¹² m⁴ [2]a-c⁴; title page and text in black and red, musical notation along the text, 8 silk bookmark, on a brass mobile support, 5 silk bookmarkm stick to 5 leavs on external margin, xylographic headletters.
This copy belongs to the… Read More