Impenetrable, maximalist, and esoteric all the way, the Grand Jeu Lenormand has a reputation of being the most complex and enigmatic divination system of all time. Originally published by Grimaud in 1845, 2 years after Mademoiselle Lenormand’s death, the Grand Jeu synthesizes mythology, alchemy, astrology, geomancy, and floriography with traditional French card reading into a mind-bending symbolic overload.
A favorite of seasoned cartomancers and a unique window into the nineteenth-century esoteric imagination, Le Grand Jeu challenges its reader to be a polymath, an oracle, and an audacious interpreter of dense symbolism.
This single copy of Dusserre’s new edition—now out of print and difficult to find—is a perplexing historical treasure for collectors and Francophile readers alike. Once it’s gone, it’s gone!
As featured in Tarot and Divination Cards: A Visual Archive.
54 cards, 80 × 110mm.
Impenetrable, maximalist, and esoteric all the way, the Grand Jeu Lenormand has a reputation of being the most complex and enigmatic divination system of all time. Originally published by Grimaud in 1845, 2 years after Mademoiselle Lenormand’s death, the Grand Jeu synthesizes mythology, alchemy, astrology, geomancy, and floriography with traditional French card reading into a mind-bending symbolic overload.
A favorite of seasoned cartomancers and a unique window into the nineteenth-century esoteric imagination, Le Grand Jeu challenges its reader to be a polymath, an oracle, and an audacious interpreter of dense symbolism.
This single copy of Dusserre’s new edition—now out of print and difficult to find—is a perplexing historical treasure for collectors and Francophile readers alike. Once it’s gone, it’s gone!
As featured in Tarot and Divination Cards: A Visual Archive.
54 cards, 80 × 110mm.
