Description: 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) By Marie Ann LeNormand Published: Chez L’Auteur, Paris, 1820. 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.I've done my best to describe the books, but if you have additional questions, please don't hesitate to send me an e-mail.
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Location: Clemmons, North Carolina
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Binding: Hardcover
Origin: American
Language: French
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Illustrated
Country of Manufacture: United States
Topic: Europe
Subject: History
Year Printed: 1820
Original/Facsimile: Original
