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Standard deck of playing cards with Old Frizzle Ace of Spades
Title
[Standard deck of playing cards with Old Frizzle Ace of Spades].
Publication
[London] : Hardy & Sons, [between 1828 and 1862]
Physical Description
52 cards : color ; 93 x 65 mm
Medium
woodcut making
Notes
Title devised by cataloger.
Range of publication dates inferred from duty amount indicated on Ace of Spades. See Berry, J. Taxation on playing-cards in England from 1711 to 1960, p. 48.
French suit system.
English pattern.
Composition of deck: 52 (A, K, Q, J, 10-2).
Single figure court cards.
"Duty one shilling / Honi soit qui mal y pense / Dieu et mon droit / Hardy & Sons"--Ace of Spades.
Card backs: blue pattern on pink background.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 28, 2022
Subjects
Genre/Form
Playing cards.
Woodcuts
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