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PLAYING CARDS.
FACTS AND SPECULATIONS ON THE ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF PLAYING CARDS.
BY
WILLIAM ANDREW CHATTO.
Hæc mihi charta nuces, hæc est mihi charta fritillus.—Martial.
With Cards I while my leisure hours away, And cheat old Time; yet neither bet nor play.
LONDON: JOHN RUSSELL SMITH, OLD COMPTON STREET, SOHO SQUARE. MDCCCXLVIII.
PRINTED BY C. AND J. ADLARD, BARTHOLOMEW CLOSE.