Researches Into the History of Playing Cards: With Illustrations of the Origin of Printing and Engraving on Wood by Samuel Weller Singer
Researches Into the History of Playing Cards: With Illustrations of the Origin of Printing and Engraving on Wood
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Samuel Weller Singer
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Researches Into the History of Playing Cards: With Illustrations of the Origin of Printing and Engraving on Wood

Samuel Weller Singer

442 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

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The literary scholar Samuel Weller Singer (1783-1858) was largely self-taught, but his enthusiasm for reading caused him to open a bookshop, and he developed a wide circle of bibliomaniac friends, including Francis Douce (who later left him enough...

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