Card-sharpers, their tricks exposed, or, The art of always winning (1891)
Robert-Houdin, Jean-Eugène, 1805-1871, Forster, Joseph · London : Spencer Blackett · leaf 250
CONCEALED CARDS 239 This is how ^&porUes are placed on the sharper's person to enable him to easily take them. To understand this trick, it is necessary to take off the Greek's coat. As in the figure below, two pockets, called costihes, are made in the waistcoat, on the left side. … Fig. 25. When the Greek waits his turn to take the hand, he negligently leans on the table, and in that position his fingers find themselves as near as possible to his partes. At the right moment he grasps the concealed cards, takes them out, as described in chapter ix., and places them on the…
Gambling · Card games
Internet Archive · Cornell University Library · Public domain (published before 1931). Free to use for anything.
