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The Oxford Guide to Card Games (Oxford Guides)
The Oxford Guide to Card Games - Oxford Guides
Author: David Parlett
Imported from the Mamluks of Egypt, card games first hit Europe around 1371 and within ten years had spread like wildfire from Spain and Italy to France and Germany. By 1420, German and Swiss cardmakers were producing packs by the thousands (first by stencil, later by metal engraving) marked — with a bewildering array of suits, including hounds, ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780192141651
ISBN-10: 0192141651
Publication Date: 11/8/1990
Pages: 382
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Book Type: Hardcover
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