Mémoires Historiques et Secrets de l'impératrice Joséphine, Marie-Rose Tascher-De-La Pagerie (Historical and Secret Memoirs of Empress Joséphine, Marie-Rose Tascher-De-La Pagerie)

Marie Ann LeNormand

Published by Chez L'Auteur, Paris, 1820

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Two Volume Set, uniformly bound in blue cloth boards with decorated leather spine. A beautifully preserved set! Marie Anne Le Normand (1772-1843) was a French bookseller, Necromancer, fortune-teller and cartomancer of considerable fame during the Napoleonic era. In France, Lenormand is considered the greatest cartomancer of all time, highly influential on the wave of French cartomancy that began in the late 18th century. She claimed to give cartomantic advice to many famous persons, among them leaders of the French Revolution (Marat, Robespierre, and St-Just), Empress Josephine and Tsar Alexander I. Her salon Mademoiselle Le Normand, Bookseller was so popular amongst the wealthy and aristocratic that the police were often called to break up the crowds! After Lenormand s death her name was used on several cartomancy decks including 36 illustrated cards known as the Petit Lenormand still used extensively today. She can be credited for the wide use of tarot decks for in-home use. SCARCE title. Text is in French. Seller Inventory # 100787

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Title: Mémoires Historiques et Secrets de ...

Publisher: Chez L'Auteur, Paris

Publication Date: 1820

Binding: Hardcover

Edition: 1st Edition