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 26
ese countries. The first cards known in Europe, and whichwere named Tarots, Tarocchi, etc., seem to differin almost every respect from those of the fifteenthcentury, although these probably inspired their in-vention. The latter resemble much more thoseof the present day than they do the original… … The Tarois. 13 or Alouis, — a word which M. Duchesne, a Frenchwriter, declares signifies above all. This wordused in French has the same meaning as our wordTrump. The marks which distinguish the Tarotsuits are usually Swords, Cups, Sticks, and Money;and each one consists of fourteen cards, ten…
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