A history of playing cards and a bibliography of cards and gaming.
"The most authoritative and complete treatment of its kind."
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York,
Dover Publications
[1966]
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| Summary: | "The most authoritative and complete treatment of its kind." Intricate study based on research and card collections from around the world tells the story of playing cards and their manufacture, plus provides a fascinating overview of heraldry, geography, history, and the social and political activities of man over the past six centuries. Includes an enormous annotated bibliography of more than 900 items on playing cards and games, and over 1,400 illustrations. |
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| Item Description: | "An unabridged republication of the work originally published ... in 1930." |
| Physical Description: | xx, 462 p. illus. (part col.) facsims. 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Bibliography: p. [368]-446. |