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. pp. [viii], 343 pages (many pages un-opened). Thick 8vo, original purple cloth (neat but crude rebacking in blue cloth with original gilt spine title preserved), yellow coated endpapers. London: John Russell Smith, 1848. First Edition. A very good copy. Contents include: Gypsies, fortune-telling, tarots, plus a bibliographical references and index. (Inventory #: 249566)