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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 328

An illustration from Researches into the history of playing cards; with illustrations of the origin of printing and engraving on wood, 1816, leaf 328 — further into the question ; but, as connected with our subject, we have had one of the prints copied: the difficulty of rendering with truth and spirit, an exact fac-simile of so minute and exquisite a production, may justly make the artist who produced it proud of his labour. His success warrants… … All attempts at allegorizing cards, or endeavours to make them subservient to the purpose of inculcating morals or useful knowledge of any kind, have been attended with but limited success: while the evil sustained by their introduction, increasing the infatuation of play, is immeasurable and…

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