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A History of Playing Cards and a Bibliography of Cards and Gaming by Catherine Perry Hargrave

A History of Playing Cards and a Bibliography of Cards and Gaming

Catherine Perry Hargrave

518 pages first pub 1960 (editions)

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Most likely invented in the Far East, playing cards arrived in Europe at roughly the same time as paper money and gunpowder, and by the early eleventh century were in widespread use in France. This classic history, never superseded, not only tells...

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