CARTES A JOUER / Placard printed (36 x 46 cm), by Jean Dupou - Lot 55

CARTES A JOUER / Placard printed (36 x 46 cm), by Jean Dupoux in Pau "Imprimeur de Monseigneur l'Intentant" : Gaspard-Henry Caze Baron de La Bove, Intendant of Béarn, posted in Pau on May 26, 1747 the decree of the King's Council of State "prescribing what must be observed to prevent fraud by Master Cardmakers in the collection of duties on cards" - After detailing what had been noted in terms of fraud (cut cards, false molding, cards made in fraud, subtraction of paper, declaration of 42-card decks while making three-card decks, declaration of foreign portraits while French, etc.), the Council declares "that envelopes will only be issued to Master Card Makers for the quantity of decks for which they have paid duty, and that they will be required to present said decks glued in their envelopes to justify the use of the cartier paper they have had stamped - for ease of verification, In addition, all foreign portrait molds in the possession of the Masters will be brought to the Farmer's office, as is the case for French portrait molds.