Researches into the history of playing cards; with illustrations of the origin of printing and engraving on wood (1816)
Singer, Samuel Weller, 1783-1858 · leaf 270
221 as this block has by good fortune fallen into our hands, we shall subjoin an impression of it. … ie panbara oa Mr. Barrington read the name inscribed on this block errone- ously, Cartas finnas faictes par Je Hawvola y Edward Warman ; whereas it evidently appears Jehan Volay was meant, although the words from the carelessness of the Engraver are somewhat disjointed. “The first words of the…
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