Facts and speculations on the origin and history of playing cards (1848)
Chatto, William Andrew, 1799-1864 · London : J.R. Smith · leaf 155
131 PROGRESS OF CARD-PLAYING. have been more strictly applicable, with the inscriptions merely transposed. … At what time the manufacture of cards was established in this country, has not been ascertained; though from their being included in an Act of Parliament of 1463, pro¬ hibiting the importation of sundry articles, as being injurious to native manufacturers and tradesmen, it would seem that there…
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