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 225
for the German knabr, and had originallythe same meaning of servant; it is also nearlv similar in sense to the French valet.—D. 176 PLAYING-CARDS. the very first, and almost simultaneously to the reproduction of sacredpictures and the manufacture of plapng-cards. Holland and Germanyhave contended… … Fig. 180.—The Knight, from a Pack of Cards engraved by The Master of 1466. (Bibl. Nat. of Paris.) whereas the fact is that all they can claim is to have been the first toproduce them by some more expeditious method of making. Accordingto the opinion of several savants, Laurent Coster of Haerlem was…
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