Daveluy Lenormand c.1860 & Geûens-Willaert Lenormand c. 1903

The Daveluy Lenormand deck was produced in Bruges, Belgium c. 1860, later the Geûens-Willaert Lenormand was published after it acquired the House of Daveluy.

The first 2 examples are the Daveluy images and the second 3 images are from the Geûens-Willaert Lenormand.

This publisher was originally the House of Daveluy, printer of the royal court of Belgium and highly regarded for its special printing techniques. The Daveluy Lenormand was the first Belgian Lenormand deck published, circa 1850, and upon the death of its founder was acquired by Geûens-Willaert which subsequently published its own version of the Daveluy Lenormand.

From Caitlin Matthews private collection, this is the Daveluy, a very rare and beautiful deck with French verses. According to the World of Playing Cards website, Daveluy created original graphics for the their playing cards and favored making retro illustrations for their cards. In the mid-nineteenth century retro meant that the depicted images in the cards were medieval and renaissance characters. You can see these choices in the royalty figures in the playing card inserts in the Lenormand cards.

Also, from Björn Meuris' private collection is the Geûens-Willaert Lenormand published c. 1903. In this later version of the Daveluy cards the images were re-drawn and very closely resemble the original version but there are some small details that distinguish this one from Caitlin Matthews' original Daveluy deck.

Most notably, in this deck you will find that not only are the verses in Dutch rather than French, the Ship flies 3 Belgian flags from its masts, the Letter shows the new publisher's name, and the signpost on the Roads card the points to Bruges and Ghent. The elegant court inserts are from a deck of Daveluy's own playing cards published in the mid-1800s.

This deck is printed on premium casino-style card stock that feels wonderful in hand and comes in a tuck box. Card size is 2-1/2 x 3-1/2"

The decks will be specially ordered just for you and mailed in 3-4 weeks, although probably sooner.
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First, I accept NO CANCELLATIONS or refunds because each deck is specially ordered for you; once the order is sent to the printer, I cannot cancel it and so it will be delivered to you. If more than one deck is ordered, there is reduced shipping for the additional decks.

This is a facsimile reproduction or a restored reproduction of actual cards or period art (the Papus and 1926 Wirth decks). There is no accompanying instruction booklet but may or may not contain instructions or information on additional cards. The card stock is made to be shuffled and used and, as such, may be a disappointment to "collectors" but will delight aficionados who use and appreciate the art of antique decks. Since each deck is made to order, please be patient. Your deck will be ordered immediately but may take up to 3 to 5 weeks to arrive, internationally 3-7 weeks.
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