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One scholar of feline memology notes that in the 1870s, photographs of cats were put on cutesy cartes de visite.

From Slate • Apr. 5, 2013

Yet he also adorned many of them with elaborate hand-drawn frames, a devotional touch that evokes cartes de visites and other early, personal forms of photography.

From New York Times • Feb. 11, 2010

In 1856, to these were added prospectuses, catalogues, prices current, and cartes de visite.

From The Development of Rates of Postage An Historical and Analytical Study by Smith, A. D.

Cinquante et une cartes toutes rondes, richement painctes d'or, d'asul et aultres couleurs estant en une boite ronde de cuyr.

From The First Governess of the Netherlands, Margaret of Austria by Tremayne, Eleanor E.

When the six packs of cards are exhausted, the "tailleur" says, "Monsieur, les cartes passent," when all the cards are collected out of the talons, re-shuffled and cut, and a fresh deal is started.

From Hoyle's Games Modernized by Hoffmann, Louis