 primo visto, primavista, prima-vista, primi-vist, primiuiste, primofistula, or even primefisto,storia e letteratura, racoltta di studi e testiricerche anglo-italiane, pg.55 by mario praz, roma 1944 isbn 88-8498-187-5 is a 16th-century gambling card game fashionable c. 1530-1640. very little is known about this game, but judging by the etymology of the words used to describe the many local variants of the game, it appears to be one of italian origin. == historical claims == based upon references in period literature it appears to be closely related to the game of primero, with some later authorities claiming that the two games were in fact the very same."prima vista, the game at cardes called primero or prima vista". florio, p. 400. opposing claims to this theory include the fact that the earliest known reference to the name primo visto appears in greene's "notable discovery of coosnage" published in 1591, more than half a century after the name primero was in common use. john minsheu, an english linguist and lexicographer, claims that primero and prima vista (hence primo visto) were two distinct card games - "that is, first and first seen, because he that can shew such an order of cardes first winnes the game", although he gives but one set of names and just one reason for their namesa glossary: or, collection of words, phrases, names, etc. v. ii pg. 687, robert nares, james orchard halliwell-phillipps, london 1859 robert nares in his book "a glossary" states that the circumstance of the cards being counted in the same way, with the "six" reckoned for eighteen and the "seven" for twenty-one, seems to determine that primo visto was the same as primero, or even possibly a later variation of the latter.earle's microcos. char. 12 his words are like the cards at primi-vist, where six is eighteen, and seven twenty-one; for they never signify what they sound. slightly stronger evidence exists in the form of a wonderful list of popular board and card games and diversions of the time of the english renaissance in john taylor's 1621 book "taylor's motto",excerpt of taylor's motto: et habeo, et careo, et curo, printed by edward allde for j.t. and h. g. london - 1621, is a retort metrical satyre upon george wither's motto, ne
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