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 152
into different places where the wicked Frenchcards, with their ro5^al dames and kings andtheir scampish knaves, — whose names alone weresynonymous with wrongdoing, gambling, andthieving, — and the innocent-looking but badlittle pips, were strictly forbidden. One quaint pack of Educational Cards,… … Cards of Different Countries. 115 time. This pack is now owned by Dr. RichardDerby, a descendant of the Lloyd who wasgranted the manor of Lloyds Neck, which wasone of the original manors (or grants of land)held under the English in the colony of NewYork; and these cards are preserved in thefamily…
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