The Devil’s Picture-Books
by Mrs. John King Van Rensselaer
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About this eBook
- Author
- Van Rensselaer, John King, Mrs., 1848-1925
- Title
- The Devil's picture-books
- Original Publication
- United States: Dodd Mead and Co,1890.
- Credits
- deaurider, Les Galloway and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- GV: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Recreation, Leisure
- Subject
- Playing cards -- History
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 68367
- Release Date
- June 21, 2022
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Transcriber’s Notes — THE DEVIL’S PICTURE-BOOKS
- 2.PREFACE.
- 3.CONTENTS.
- 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
- 5.THE DEVIL’S PICTURE-BOOKS
- 6.Untitled
- 7.THE TAROTS.
- 8.CHESS.
- 9.ENGRAVING.
- 10.MATERIALS.
- 11.NAME.
- 12.THE CLASSIFICATION OF PACKS OF CARDS INTO SUITS.
- 13.CARDS OF DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. — CHINA. — EGYPT. — INDIA. — CASHMERE. — PERSIA. — ITALY. — GERMANY. — SPAIN. — FRANCE. — ENGLAND. — AMERICA. — JAPAN.
- 14.THE KING.
- 15.THE QUEEN.
- 16.THE KNAVE.
- 17.ACES AND OTHER CARDS.
- 18.USE AND ABUSE.
- 19.PIPS, SUITS, AND COLOURS.
- 20.ODDS AND ENDS.
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