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Facts and Speculations on the Origin and History of Playing Cards

Note 148 — Chapter III · THE PROGRESS OF CARD-PLAYING.

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In an engraving of St. Peter denying Christ, after a painting by Teniers, two soldiers are seen playing at cards in the hall of the high priest; and, from the chalks on the table, the game appears to be Put.

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