A Descriptive Catalogue Of Playing And Other Cards In The British Museum.
£40.00
Publisher
British Museum Publications Limited.
Place
London
Synopsis
Accompanied by a concise history of the subject and remarks on cards of divination and of a politico-historical character. unchanged reprint of the original edition, london 1876.
Item Description
Large 8vo. 9.75 x 6.5 inches. x + 360 + viii + 87 + [1] pp. Supplementary Portion and Description of the Plates + 23 Plates. Separate half titles for Supplement and Plates. Bound in original green cloth, in unclipped dust wrapper. Ex-library copy with stamps on first free endpaper and title page. Minor wear to extremities and a few margin and edge stains; otherwise a very good copy. Illustrated by frontispiece and by 23 plates at end. Decorated by title page, head and tailpiece vignettes and by initials. A facsimile reprint of the two volume edition of 1876, with the supplement of 1877, by William Hughes Willshire (1816-99). A detailed authoritative work with historical sections and catalogue entries.
[Stock No. 28773]
