The devil's picture-books
Subtitle: a history of playing cards
Publisher: Dodd, Mead, & Co.
Published: 1893
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS.; title: The Tarots, or the First Cards 11; title: Chess 21; title: Engraving 33; title: Materials 41; title: Name 49; title: Classification of Packs of Cards into Suits 55; title: Cards of Different Countries, viz. : —; title: China 65; title: Egypt 69; title: India 70; title: Cashmere 74; title: Persia 77; title: Italy 80; title: Germany 83; title: Spain 88; title: France 90; title: England 102; title: America 112; title: Japan 131; title: The King 139; title: The Queen 151; title: The Knave 161; title: Aces and Other Cards 171; title: Use and Abuse 179; title: Pips, Suits, and Colours 191; title: Odds and Ends 201; title: LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.; title: PLATE; title: Persian i; title: Tarot 2; title: Tarot 3; title: Chinese 4; title: Cashmere. Cards owned by Lockwood de Forest, Esq. 5, 6; title: Italian Cards showing the Suits of Swords, Maces, Money, and Cups. Owned by Mrs. J. K. Van Rensselaer 7; title: German Cards showing the Aces of GrUn, Roth, Schellen, and Herzen. Owned by Mrs. J. K. Van Rensselaer 8; title: Remains of the Pack supposed to have been used by Charles VII. of France, date 1425. In the Cabinet des Estampes, Paris, France 9; title: Elizabeth of York 10; title: Cards found by Mr. Chatto in a Black-Letter Volume FORMERLY IN THE CATHEDRAL LIBRARY, AT PETERBOROUGH, England. Now in the Print Room of the British Museum 11; title: Found in an Old Edition of Claudian, Early English 12; title: Cards on which Invitations were Written. Owned by Mrs. Ten Eyck and Miss Crowninshield. Date 1763 13; title: Geographical Cards, Owned by Richard H. Derby, Esq., M.D. Date 1795 14; title: North American Indian Cards, Apache Tribe. Cut out of Deerskin and painted by themselves. National Museum, Washington, D. C., U. S. A 15, 16, 17; title: North American Indian Gambling-Sticks, Haida Tribe, Queen Charlotte Islands. Carved on Cubes of Wood. National Museum, Washington, D. C., U. S. A. 18,19; title: North American Indian Gambling-Sticks, Alaska Tribe. Painted on Cubes of Wood. National Museum, Washington, D. C., U. S. A. 20; title: Japanese Cards, each one representing a Week in the Year. Owned by Mrs. J. K. Van Rensselaer 21, 22, 23, 24