The arts in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance (1886)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884, Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · London : J.S. Virtue & Co. · leaf 224
The English also were in possession of playing-cards at an early date,obtaining them through the medium of the trade which they carried onwith the Hanseatic towns and Holland; but they did not manufacture Jl.WING-CARDS. •T? cards belure the end oi ilic Mxtciiitli cvntury; for we know that in… … Fig. 179.—La Damotselle, from a Pack of Cards engraved by The Master of 1466.(Bibl. Xat. of Paris. Print-Room.) Italian, or Spanish cliaracter, gave to the valet the characteristic appellationof knave.* Wood-engraving, which was invented at the commencement of thefiftecuth century, and perhaps even…
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