Researches into the history of playing cards
Subtitle: with illustrations of the origin of printing and engraving on wood
By: Samuel Weller Singer
Series: Cambridge library collection; Cambridge Library collection
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 372
ISBN-13: 9781108079112
Subjects: Card games; Playing cards; History
Description: This highly illustrated 1816 work, originially published in a run of only 250 copies, was praised for its quality by Thomas Frognall Dibdin. In it, Singer argues that the increasing sophistication sought by the buyers of playing cards led to increasing improvements in the art of wood engraving, and that the study of these humble and rarely surviving artefacts can give insights into the achievements of the greatest Renaissance carvers.--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Reprint. Originally published: London : Triphook, 1816.