4to (250 x 165 mm). 53 color screenprints on stiff card stock comprising 52 playing cards and title card, edges gilt; tissue guards; printed title-leaf on onionskin. Loose as issued in original printed folding case (very slight rubbing on foot of case).

LIMITED EDITION, number 38 of 350 sets of 52 playing cards, created by Dubuffet for the card game "Algebra of Hourloupe." "His 'algebra,' however, rests entirely on the spontaneous inventiveness, done in his own hand and distinctive style, which created the original lines, shapes, and images for these 'cards.' They thus reveal a dog, a clown, a rocket, or two entwined people only to better conceal them immediately in order to drive the imagination in another direction."