Jeu Des Personnages Celebres de la France

Antique card game. The cards feature famous historical Frenchmen in sets of subjects like Poets, Artists, Orators, Musicians, and so on. The game is similar to Jaques games in the 19th century in England. Players must collect sets by enquiring and asking other players for cards. A complete set is laid down and the one with the most sets when the cards run out, wins. The actual set names (in French of course, are; Hommes utiles, Ecrivains, Femmes celebres, Souverains, Genereaux ou chefs d'armee, Marins, Orateurs, Peintres, Musiciens, Poetes and Recreations Parisiennes.