The devil's picture-books. A history of playing cards (1890)
Van Rensselaer, John King, Mrs., 1848-1925 · New York : Dodd, Mead and company · leaf 132
on Museum, and theBritish Museum in London. The latter collectionhas a historian of its own; and the variety, num-ber, and beauty of the packs in this place areminutely recorded, and form an interesting studyby themselves. By their aid it is possible to notethe various changes and modifications… … Cards of Different Countries. 103 packs have been found which were stencilled withthe grelots (bells) commonly found on the earlyGerman cards; but finally the French card cameinto common use, and these were adopted andhave been universally accepted in England, andby her introduced into her…
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