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[Playing Cards] Two nineteenth century books on playing

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[Playing Cards] Two nineteenth century books on playing

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[Playing Cards] Two nineteenth century books on playing cards. Including Les Cartes a Jouer et la Cartomancie (London: John Hotten, 1859), later red cloth with title label in black and gilt, top edge gilded, illustrated with forty woodcuts, ex-libris J.B. Findlay; and Manuel de Cartomancie ou L’Art De Tirer Les Cartes (Paris: Garnier Freres, 1875), later red cloth with buckram spine, with 132 illustrations. 8vos. First volume with some spotting to cloth, with scattered light browning internally in both, else good.