Researches Into the History of Playing Cards: With Illustrations of the Origin of Printing and Engraving on Wood (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Researches Into the History of Playing Cards: With Illustrations of the Origin of Printing and Engraving on Wood The third section embraces what scanty information could be collected respecting some of the principal and most interesting of the games at cards. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.