I don't see on this thread DDD's references to the "Petit Oracle des Dames". On p. 143 They have for the first publication, in 1800, an author named "Mme. Finet", with 36 cards. Their references (footnote 3, p. 282), are Depaulis, Les Cartes de la Revolution 1984 no. 1321984, Hoffmann & Kroppenstedt, Wahrsagencarte 1972 no. 68; Hoffmann and Dietrich Tarot - Tarock - Tarocchi 1988 no. 105; and Depaulis, Mademoiselle Lenormand 1989, nos. 100, 101, and 102.
SteveM notes in a recent post on ATF (http://www.tarotforum.net/showpost.php? ... tcount=324, as Kwaw) that the BM has a listing for "Mme. Finet" in 1840, at the same address as a "Robert" who in 1810 has a "Petit Necromancier", which of course is the same title that is listed next to "Petit Oracles des Dames" in Fleischer for 1800. I am not sure what to conclude.
According to DDD the designs of the "Petit Oracle des Dames" are partly from a 66 card fortune-telling pack of about 1790 and partly from Etteilla’s tarot pack. They do not say more about the 66 card pack, which I find unfortunate.
Re: Possible author of Petit Oracle des Dames
12See here at the BM, late 18th century anonymous 'Eteila", 36 cards:
http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/c ... ila&page=1
Note: Eteila misspelling ; as with the Finet & the Robert
Re: 66 card deck, see here (Jeu divinatoire révolutionnaire, 1791) at the BnF:
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b1 ... utionnaire
The 36 'Eteila' shares some elements with the 66 card deck, for example:
http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/c ... ila&page=1
Note: Eteila misspelling ; as with the Finet & the Robert
Re: 66 card deck, see here (Jeu divinatoire révolutionnaire, 1791) at the BnF:
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b1 ... utionnaire
The 36 'Eteila' shares some elements with the 66 card deck, for example: