Le scrutateur
Subtitle: ou, Manière de découvrir les qualités d'une personne par le tirage des cartes ; avec une augmentation sans tirage déstiné à l'amusement de la société
Publisher: De l'imprimerie de Marquard
Published: 1817
Place of publication: À Stockholm
Language: fre
Number of pages: 16
Notes: Text comprised of eight pages of  tables each divided into five columns, with the final three  leaves a series of numbered single word answers; a card  symbol either in red or black at the top of four of the  columns.

The eight tables, each divided into  five columns, reveal the personality characteristics for  children, young adults, young men, ladies, for husbands,  for wives, for widowers, and for widows. The first column  lists the features and traits such as the head, the eyes, the  heart, the hands, "la joie" and "défauts," occupation and  reputation. The remaining four columns correspond to the  four main packs of cards. One player, designated as the "Scrutateur" seemingly decided upon a personality trait to  be revealed. The cards would then be shuffled, and a card  drawn by the player. The final three pages have a series of seven "questions" to pose each player, each with 40 answers listed, to further reveal the players' characters and divine  their futures.

Rare Book copy: In contemporary blue paper wrappers, spine rebacked.