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Antique Arcana
€209.00 EUR
A fascinating mix of political commentary, humor, and collectible card art.
🔹 Published: Éditions Arts et Lettres, Nancy
🔹 Year: 1970s (exactly mid-1970s, during Giscard’s presidency)
🔹 Format: Softcover, large in-folio, approx. 56 pre-cut cards + satirical texts
🔹 Condition: Good vintage copy, some signs of wear as shown
🔹 1 UNIT ONLY!
Le Jeu de la Ve République (The Game of the Fifth Republic), illustrated by the brilliant satirical artist Pino Zac with texts by Dominique Durand, is a biting political parody first published by Éditions Arts et Lettres (Nancy, 1970s).
This unusual work was cleverly designed as a book of pre-cut playing cards. Even the cover could be cut out and folded into a box for the deck, allowing readers to literally assemble their own satirical card game. The idea came from the need to bypass potential censorship: while a card deck could easily be seized or banned, censoring a printed book in France was far more difficult.
The deck ridicules the main figures of French politics during the Fifth Republic: De Gaulle, Mitterrand, Chirac, Marchais, Séguy, and of course Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, caricatured as the Ace of Spades—a visual pun, since in French slang the "as de pique" means… “asshole.”
With its sharp caricatures, bold humor, and irreverent spirit, this book is both a collector’s piece of political satire and a testimony to French press freedom during the 1970s. A rare and subversive treasure for lovers of history, politics, and graphic satire.
Antique Arcana
€209.00 EUR
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€209.00 EUR
€209.00 EUR
A fascinating mix of political commentary, humor, and collectible card art.
🔹 Published: Éditions Arts et Lettres, Nancy
🔹 Year: 1970s (exactly mid-1970s, during Giscard’s presidency)
🔹 Format: Softcover, large in-folio, approx. 56 pre-cut cards + satirical texts
🔹 Condition: Good vintage copy, some signs of wear as shown
🔹 1 UNIT ONLY!
Le Jeu de la Ve République (The Game of the Fifth Republic), illustrated by the brilliant satirical artist Pino Zac with texts by Dominique Durand, is a biting political parody first published by Éditions Arts et Lettres (Nancy, 1970s).
This unusual work was cleverly designed as a book of pre-cut playing cards. Even the cover could be cut out and folded into a box for the deck, allowing readers to literally assemble their own satirical card game. The idea came from the need to bypass potential censorship: while a card deck could easily be seized or banned, censoring a printed book in France was far more difficult.
The deck ridicules the main figures of French politics during the Fifth Republic: De Gaulle, Mitterrand, Chirac, Marchais, Séguy, and of course Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, caricatured as the Ace of Spades—a visual pun, since in French slang the "as de pique" means… “asshole.”
With its sharp caricatures, bold humor, and irreverent spirit, this book is both a collector’s piece of political satire and a testimony to French press freedom during the 1970s. A rare and subversive treasure for lovers of history, politics, and graphic satire.
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