A Descriptive Catalogue of Playing and Other Cards in the British Museum: Accompanied by a Concise General History of the Subject and Remarks on Cards of Divination and of a Politico-historical Character |
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ace of spades Backs coloured Backs decorated Backs plain bears bells bird card-makers card-pieces carreaux Cartes cartomancy character Chatto clubs coate-cards cœurs copas costume crown dame deniers designs diamonds eicheln eight EIGHTEENTH CENTURY emblematic espadas Etteilla execution fifteenth century fifty-two numerals figure-cards five four French glands HALF OF NINETEENTH hearts honours Italian kabbalistic king king of hearts knave l'Hombre LAST QUARTER latter left hand London lower Merlin Minchiate nine NINETEENTH CENTURY numeral series original ornamental PACK of fifty-two Paris pieces pip-cards piques piquet plates play playing-cards Popish Plot present printed double QUARTER OF EIGHTEENTH QUARTER OF NINETEENTH QUARTER OF SEVENTEENTH queen represented right hand right-hand corner Rye House Plot Satires schellen sequence series of fifty-two seven SEVENTEENTH CENTURY sheet shield Spanish Stefano Della Bella suit marks swords symbol Tarocchi tarots tarots game tarots series trefles uncoloured valet Venetian