A free lottery for luxury prizes organized by King Louis XIV, 1685. The best craftsmen in Paris exhibited their work in four salons in Marly. A cupid leads a courtier to a table laden with plates, vases and jewelry. Nouvelle et plaisante lotterie. Une loterie d'objets en nature au XVIIe siecle. Lithograph from Henry Rene d’Allemagne’s Recreations et Passe-Temps, Games and Pastimes, Hachette, Paris, 1906.

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