Facts and Speculations on the Origin and history of Playing Cards
first edition hardcover
1848 · London
by CHATTO, WIlliam Andrew
London: John Russell Smith, 1848. First. hardcover. very good(+). 33 inserted plates, 8 in full color, 17 text illustrations. Rubricated title. Thick 8vo, original purple cloth (spine darkened), gilt spine title, yellow coated endpapers, pp. [viii], 343pp, (some pages unopened). London: John Russell Smith, 1848. First Edition. Very Good (+). Contents include: Gypsies, fortune-telling, tarots, plus a bibliographical references and index. (Inventory #: 249566)