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Facts and Speculations on the Origin and History of Playing Cards

Editorial note — Chapter I · OF THE ORIGIN AND NAME OF CARDS

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It is not unlikely that an ancient piece of sculpture, in the British Museum,—representing a boy biting the arm of his companion, with whom he has quarrelled at Tali—relates to this passage.

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