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ENGLISH SUMARY : Victorian trade cards, coated stock cards, chair tickets – among which the very appreciated Liebig – are spotlighted in this book. Its purpose has been to collect, illustrate and comment numerous informations about those fleeting witnesses of the past, before they fall into oblivion. Special attention is given to the illustrators : 128 drawers who participated in the production of trade cards are listed; trade brands and/or editors that called upon them are indicated opposite their names. In each case, an example of drawing is shown and, for most of them, a model of signature – or one of the artist’s signatures. Collectors will also find listings of trade cards cat