Huck
The British Museum has two Etteilla piquet packs published by Mme. Gueffier & Croisey:
Mme Gueffier (publisher/printer; French; Female; 1806; fl.)
Address
Rue Galande No. 61, Paris
Bibliography
Schreiber French 56
Biography
Playing-card maker; bookbinder
Also Known As
Gueffier
Croisey (printmaker; French; Male; 1788; fl.)
Address
Rue Neuve St Martin, la Première Porte-Cochère à droite par la Rue St Martin, Paris (1788) Rue de la Huchette, No. 19, Paris (1806)
Bibliography
Schreiber French 56
Biography
Engraver and mapmaker, active in Paris c. 1788. His trade card (Banks 133.55) notes that his wife engraved lettering and music. Presumably identical with the playing-card maker at rue de la Huchette in 1806.
Several sites name Alliette as the author, e.g.m BnF and here:
http://books.google.com.tr/books?id...epage&q=Etteilla OR Alliette Gueffier&f=false
But published by Peytieux. It is undated, but listed between books publish in 1782 and 1785.
. Guiffier jeune is publishing Etteilla as early as the 1770's and Guiffier are still publishing him in the 19th century - Mme. Guiffier is perhaps the widow of Guiffier the Younger (jeune?)
Do you have the link to the British library decks?
I would say, that "Gueffier jeune" is a publishing house family. If the Veuve Gueffier made the deck herself, why didn't she sell it through the own business in 1797? I think, they got the rights around 1800.
Well, might be, that the real Gueffier jeune ied and that the husband of the widow or somebody else took the name of the production house. Such things happened rather often.
On the other side the game has some feminine character, a female designer would have some logic.
"Etteilla" as producer name was used to sell more decks ... with some greater security.
Okay, I found the decks. Just only descriptions. Perhaps identical to Picture No. 5 in DDD. (Deck from 1791)