Huck
I made a list, uniting 3 known Poilly versions with 42, 41 and 22 cards with the possibly original version of Minchiate (nobody knows, which Minchiate version Poilly knew from his stay in Italy, actually I use the version, which was in use c. 1725).
MI P1 P2 P3
41 22 41 42
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-- -- -- 01. Chaos
38 19 38 02. Sun (Chariot)
37 18 37 03. Moon
36 17 36 04. Star
39 21 39 05. World
23 16 23 06. Air (Juno)
22 15 21 07. Earth
21 13 22 08. Water
20 14 20 09. Fire (Vulcan)
-- 10 12 10. Iason (Age)
-- 12 14 11. Infancy
-- 11 13 12. Adolescence
-- 09 11 13. old Age
-- -- 15 14. Taste (Woman with fruits)
-- -- 17 15. Smell (Woman with flowers)
-- -- 16 16. Touch (young man riding eagle, Ganymede)
-- -- 19 17. Sight (Narcisse)
-- -- 18 18. Hearing (man playing violin, riding on fish, Arion)
17 08 05 19. Prudence
08 06 07 20. Justice
19 07 06 21. Charity
16 03 08 22. Hope
07 04 09 23. Strength
40 20 40 24. Fame (Angel)
-- 01 01 25. Mercury
-- -- 04 26. Bacchus
05 02 02 27. Love
-- -- 03 28. Venus
00 00 00 29. Momus (Fool)
09 05 10 30. Fortune
32 -- 35 31. January (Aquarius)
31 -- 34 32. February (Pisces)
27 -- 24 33. March (Aries or Capricorn)*
34 -- 32 34. April (Taurus)
35 -- 31 35. May (Gemini)
30 -- 30 36. June (Cancer)
33 -- 29 37. July (Leo)
25 -- 28 38. August (Virgo)
24 -- 26 39. September (Libra or Scorpio)*
26 -- 27 40. October (Scorpio or Libra)*
29 -- 25 41. November (Sagitarius)
28 -- 33 42. December (Capricorn or Aries)*
MI = original Minchiate
P1 = version with 22 trump cards
P2 = version with 41 trump cards
P3 = version with 42 trump cards
In my opinion it's not clear, which of the Poilly versions was first. Actually I would assume, that the elder Francois Poilly made all 42 cards and later generations of his family, if they did anything, just changed the numbers, and used the older engravings. And had some additional income by reproducing the decks.
Well, there's no guarantee, that we know all versions ... None of the versions was found in so many examples, that one can easily believe in a high-number-productions.
Poilly definitely replaced motifs of the earlier Minchiate.
It disappeared:
01 Magician
02 Eastern Emperor
03 Western Emperor
04 Grand-duke
06 Temperance
10 Chariot
11 Hermit
12 Hanging Man
13 Death
14 Devil
15 Tower
18 Fides
totally 12 cards
It were imported:
-- -- -- 01. Chaos
-- 01 01 25. Mercury
-- -- 03 28. Venus
-- -- 04 26. Bacchus
-- 10 12 10. Iason (Age)
-- 12 14 11. Infancy
-- 11 13 12. Adolescence
-- 09 11 13. old Age
-- -- 15 14. Taste (Woman with fruits)
-- -- 17 15. Smell (Woman with flowers)
-- -- 16 16. Touch (young man riding eagle, Ganymede)
-- -- 19 17. Sight (Narcisse)
-- -- 18 18. Hearing (man playing violin, riding on fish, Arion)
totally 13 cards
OBSERVATIONS:
The additional 13th card should be Chaos.
From Mercury (got twice the number 01) one might assume, that it replaced the Magician.
From the new card Sun it might be assumed, that it took up the ideas of the Minchiate Chariot (cause of Helios at the Chariot).
From the card World it might be assumed, that it took up as additional attributes the ideas of the Minchiate "Time" (cause of the hourglass)
As additional values were imported the 5 Senses + the 4 Ages, so that somehow "life as everybody knows it" was new.
For this very negative elements (Tower, Devil, Death, Hanged Man, suffering Age [= crippled Hermit]) disappeared. Should one assume, that these 5 replaced the 5 senses?
But who's then the 4 Ages?
For Iason might be assumed, that he replaced the triumphal charioteer.
The two missing virtues Temperance and Fides might have taken Adolescence and Infancy (?)
And it would stand "Age" as Hermit (again, and he was already identified as one of the senses)
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... ... well, one has to think about it?
MI P1 P2 P3
41 22 41 42
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-- -- -- 01. Chaos
38 19 38 02. Sun (Chariot)
37 18 37 03. Moon
36 17 36 04. Star
39 21 39 05. World
23 16 23 06. Air (Juno)
22 15 21 07. Earth
21 13 22 08. Water
20 14 20 09. Fire (Vulcan)
-- 10 12 10. Iason (Age)
-- 12 14 11. Infancy
-- 11 13 12. Adolescence
-- 09 11 13. old Age
-- -- 15 14. Taste (Woman with fruits)
-- -- 17 15. Smell (Woman with flowers)
-- -- 16 16. Touch (young man riding eagle, Ganymede)
-- -- 19 17. Sight (Narcisse)
-- -- 18 18. Hearing (man playing violin, riding on fish, Arion)
17 08 05 19. Prudence
08 06 07 20. Justice
19 07 06 21. Charity
16 03 08 22. Hope
07 04 09 23. Strength
40 20 40 24. Fame (Angel)
-- 01 01 25. Mercury
-- -- 04 26. Bacchus
05 02 02 27. Love
-- -- 03 28. Venus
00 00 00 29. Momus (Fool)
09 05 10 30. Fortune
32 -- 35 31. January (Aquarius)
31 -- 34 32. February (Pisces)
27 -- 24 33. March (Aries or Capricorn)*
34 -- 32 34. April (Taurus)
35 -- 31 35. May (Gemini)
30 -- 30 36. June (Cancer)
33 -- 29 37. July (Leo)
25 -- 28 38. August (Virgo)
24 -- 26 39. September (Libra or Scorpio)*
26 -- 27 40. October (Scorpio or Libra)*
29 -- 25 41. November (Sagitarius)
28 -- 33 42. December (Capricorn or Aries)*
MI = original Minchiate
P1 = version with 22 trump cards
P2 = version with 41 trump cards
P3 = version with 42 trump cards
In my opinion it's not clear, which of the Poilly versions was first. Actually I would assume, that the elder Francois Poilly made all 42 cards and later generations of his family, if they did anything, just changed the numbers, and used the older engravings. And had some additional income by reproducing the decks.
Well, there's no guarantee, that we know all versions ... None of the versions was found in so many examples, that one can easily believe in a high-number-productions.
Poilly definitely replaced motifs of the earlier Minchiate.
It disappeared:
01 Magician
02 Eastern Emperor
03 Western Emperor
04 Grand-duke
06 Temperance
10 Chariot
11 Hermit
12 Hanging Man
13 Death
14 Devil
15 Tower
18 Fides
totally 12 cards
It were imported:
-- -- -- 01. Chaos
-- 01 01 25. Mercury
-- -- 03 28. Venus
-- -- 04 26. Bacchus
-- 10 12 10. Iason (Age)
-- 12 14 11. Infancy
-- 11 13 12. Adolescence
-- 09 11 13. old Age
-- -- 15 14. Taste (Woman with fruits)
-- -- 17 15. Smell (Woman with flowers)
-- -- 16 16. Touch (young man riding eagle, Ganymede)
-- -- 19 17. Sight (Narcisse)
-- -- 18 18. Hearing (man playing violin, riding on fish, Arion)
totally 13 cards
OBSERVATIONS:
The additional 13th card should be Chaos.
From Mercury (got twice the number 01) one might assume, that it replaced the Magician.
From the new card Sun it might be assumed, that it took up the ideas of the Minchiate Chariot (cause of Helios at the Chariot).
From the card World it might be assumed, that it took up as additional attributes the ideas of the Minchiate "Time" (cause of the hourglass)
As additional values were imported the 5 Senses + the 4 Ages, so that somehow "life as everybody knows it" was new.
For this very negative elements (Tower, Devil, Death, Hanged Man, suffering Age [= crippled Hermit]) disappeared. Should one assume, that these 5 replaced the 5 senses?
But who's then the 4 Ages?
For Iason might be assumed, that he replaced the triumphal charioteer.
The two missing virtues Temperance and Fides might have taken Adolescence and Infancy (?)
And it would stand "Age" as Hermit (again, and he was already identified as one of the senses)
**********
... ... well, one has to think about it?