Very Scarce, Very Lovely Set of 26 Early-Mid 1800s Hand-colored French Mythological Characters Cards painted wooden blocks true as the refiner's gold

true as the refiner's gold / My passion can never be told

all still in very good shape

All set against creamy white on a rough and knotty solid wood plank

an some scattered stains (One page pictured with much more pronounced staining than elsewhere

but this one has no function other than to sit around looking sweet

Very Scarce, Very Lovely Set of 26 Early-Mid 1800s Hand-colored French Mythological Characters Cards painted wooden blocks true as the refiner's goldA delight finding these, purchased at the Allentown paper show from the same dealer from whom I bought the lovely handmade Jacob's Ladder toy also listed today, two of my favorite things found. This is a very scarce set of 26 miniature hand colored French "Jeu Mythologique" cards, each featuring a god or goddess, with descriptions in French on reverse. (in translation, Neptune: In the division that Jupiter made with his brothers, the empire of the