Item
This vintage blank note card reproduces GERMINAL, one of the 12 allegorical illustrations of the French Republican Calendar (Calendrier Républicain, used in France 1792-1806). The original artwork was designed by Nyphe del. and engraved by Freuier sculp. in the late 1790s; the original is held by the Bibliothèque Nationale de Paris. This reproduction card was published by Pierre Belvédère Inc. of Montréal and printed in Belgium (© Jacquet, Brussels). Card is unused, blank inside. Exact production year is not printed on the card; Pierre Belvédère was founded in 1960, so this dates to sometime after that, but no more precise date can be confirmed without a matching box or envelope. Card number N° 4143, series code 85 R. CONDITION: Unused, blank inside. Very good vintage condition with light edge wear typical of vintage stationery stock. Clean, no writing or postal markings. DETAILS: The illustration depicts an allegorical female figure in classical dress holding a white dove and standing beside a potted plant, symbolizing the spring month of Germinal (roughly March 21 - April 22). The calendar table and French verse are printed beneath the image. No original envelope included.

Details
Country of Origin: Belgium
Publisher: Pierre Belvedere Inc.
Brand: Pierre Belvedere Inc.
Occasion: Other
Subject: Historical, Historical
Used (inside writing): No

Condition
Very good vintage condition. Unused, blank inside. Light edge wear typical of vintage stationery stock. Clean, no writing or postal markings.