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FACTS
AND
SPECULATIONS
ON
THB
ORIGIN
AND
HISTORY
OF
PLAYING
CARDS.
BT
WJLIAAM.
ANDREW
CHATTO.
H0BO
mihi
charta
nuces,
haeo
est
mihi
charta
fcitillTia.—
Mahtiau
With
Cards
I
while
my
leisure
hours
away.
And
cheat
old
Time;
yet
neither
bet
nor
play.
,A^i'
LONDON:
JOHN
RUSSELL
SMITH,
4,
OLD
COMPTON
STREET,
SOHO
SQUARE.
MDCCCXLVIIl.
C
PREFACE.
Should
a
person
who
has
never
bestowed
a
thought
on
the
subject
ask,
'*What
can
there
be
that
is
interesting
in
the
History
of
Cards?"
an
it
is
answered,
"There
may
be
much/'
There
is
interest,
of
a
certain
kind,
even
in
the
solution
of
a
riddle,
or
the
explication
of
a
certain
learned
conundrum;
and
men,
such
as
Pere
Daniel,
and
Court
de
GebeJin,
having
assumed
that
the
nally
instructive,
suits
game
of
Cards
was
to
origi-
and
that
the
figures
and
marks
of the
the
intelligent
are
emblematic,
speaking
of
matters
of
great
import,
their
amusingly
absurd
specula^
tions
on
the
subject
—
set
forth
with
all
the
gravity
of
a
"budge
doctor"
determining
ex
not
possess.
cathedra
—
impart
to
the
it
History
of
Cards
an
interest
which,
intrinsically,
does
But
putting
aside
all
that
may
relate
to
their
covert
meaning,
they
simply
are
—
Cards,
considered
with
respect
to
what
^the
instruments
of
a
popular
game,
and
the
productions
of
art
vestigation
of
which
—
suggest
several
questions,
the
in-
:
is
not
without
interest
Where
and
when
were
they
names
?
invented,
and
what
is
the
origin
of
their
When
were
they
introduced
into
Europe
?
;
What
has
been
their
progress
as
a
popular
game
influence
have
they
and
what
had
on
society?
What
changes
have
they
undergone
with
respect
to
the
figures
and
the
marks
of
the
suits
cards
been
;
and
to
what
purposes
have
picture
and
fancy
made
subservient,
in
consequence
of
those
in
common
use
being
so
generally
understood?
And
lastly,
what
have
been
the opinions
of
moralists
and
theologians
VI
PREFACE.
with
respect
to
the
lawMness
of
the
the
topics
game?—
Such
in
axe
discussed,
and
questions
examined,
the
following
pages.
Of
the
works
I
thought
of
previous
writers
on
the
origin
of
Cards
I
have
freely
availed
myself;
usmg
them
as
guides
them
right,
pointing
out
their
errors
when
when
for
I
thought
them
wrong,
and
allowing
them
to
speak
what
was
not
themselves
whenever
they
seemed
instructive
or
amusing.
Having
no
wish
have
quoted
to
appropriate
my
own,
I
;
my
authorities
with
scrupulous
fidehty
and
am
not
conscious
of
an
obUgation
which
I
have
not
this
acknowledged.
Should
the
reader
not
obtain
from
work
all
the
information
on
Cards
which
he
might
have
it
expected,
is
hoped
that
he
will
at
least
acquire
from
its
perusal
a
knowledge
of
the
true
value
of
such
investigations.
Between
being
well
informed
on
a
which
subject,
and
knowing
is
the
real
worth
of
such
information,
there
is
a
distinction
often
overlooked,
especially
by
antiquaries.
In
the
Illustrations
will
be
found
a
greater
variety
of
Cards
than have
hitherto
been
given
in
any
other
work
on
the
same
subject,
not
excepting
the
splendid
pubUcation
of
the
Society of
Bibliophiles
Erangais,
entitled
'
Jeux
de
Cartes
Tarots
et
de
Cartes
Numerales
du
Quatorzieme
au
Dix-
huitieme
Siecle.'
All
the
cards
—
^with
the exception
of
the
French
Valets,
at
p.
250,
liers,
at
and
the
Portuguese
Cheva-
p.
252,—
have
been
copied
by
Mr.
P.
W.
Fairholt;
executed
and
all
the
wood-engravings
—
with
the exception of
the
tail-piece,
by
W.
J.
Linton,
at
p.
330,—
have
been
by
Mr.
George
Vasey.
W.A.
London
;
17M^j?n7,
1848.
C.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER
Op
TH2
Osionr
AiTD
Name
Of
Cabds
.
I.
PAGB
.
.
.
.
1
CHAPTER
n.
iNTRODUCnOH
OP
CaBDS
INTO
EUKOPE
.
.
.
.
60
.
CHAPTER
m.
.
PB06BES8
OP
CaSD-PlATINO
.
•
.
.
.92
CHAPTER
IV.
Suits
.
Op
the
dippebeni
Kdtds
of
Caeds,
and
the
Masks
op
the
189
CHAPTER
The
MoKAUTT
OP
Cabd-Playino
.
.
V.
.
.
.
.
879
Appendix
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.331
.
Index
.
,
.
.
.
.
.
.
337
LIST
OF
ILLUSTRATIONS.
PAGE
The
"
Honours"
of
an
eight-snit
pack
of
Hindostanee
Cards
.
.
42
67-8
Specimens
of
Chinese
Cards,
of the
kind
called
Tseen-wan-ch^-pie
.
.
A
Card
Party,
from
an
illustration
in
a manuscript
of
the
Cit^de
Dieu,
.
.
apparently
of
the
early
part
of
the
fifteenth
century
.71
88-9
Copies
of
Old
Stencilled
Cards
in
the
British
date
not
later
than
1440
Fac-simile
of
one
of
Museum,
logic,
apparently
of
a
1509
105
.
.
1540
.
117
Copies
of
Four
Small
Cards,
from
"
Thus
of
Old"
and
"
Thus
Now,"
from
Samuel
Ward's
Woe
Wood-cut,
131
to
Drunkards,
1627
The
Knaves
of
Hearts
and
Clubs;
and
the
Knaves
of
Spades
and
133-6
Diamonds,
from
the
Four
Knaves,
by
Samuel
Rowlands,
1610-13
Mumer*s
Cards
for
teaching
Marcolini's
Sorti,
.
.
Fac-similcs
of
four
Heraldic
Cards,
from
a
pack
engraved
in
England
.
.
about
1078
.
.
.
.
.
.
152
Fac-similcs
of
the
Signatures
of
Edmund
Hoyle
and
Thomas
Osborne
and
Satirical
History,
,
170
183
198
Copy
of
a
plate
in
Darly*s
Political
showing
the
Coat
Cards
for
1759
Copies
of
two
of
the
painted
cards,
ascribed
to
Jacquemin
Gringonneur,
preserved
in
theJ3ibliothbque
du
Roi
at
Paris
.
.
Copies
of
four
French
Cards,
coloured,
the
King
of
Diamonds;
the
Queen
and
King
of
Spades
;
and
the
King
of
Hearts,—
of
the
latter
.
.
part
of
the
fifteenth
ccntuiy
.
.
.
.
—
212
Copies
of
the
Four
Knaves,
coloured,
^Lancelot,
Hogier,
Roland,
and
Valery,
of
the
latter
part
of
the
fifteenth
century.
In
the
British
—
Museum
Copies
of
Eight
Circular
Cards
belongmg
to
a
pack
engraved
on
copper
about
1480,
with
Hares,
Parroquets,
Pinks,
and
Columbines
as
the
........
suits
—
214
marks
of
the
...
.
.
.
.
.
222
Four
Cards
of
a
pack
en^ved
on
copper,
apparently
about
the
end
of
the
fifteenth
century,
with
Swords,
Clubs,
Cups,
and
Pomegranates,
as
the
marks
of
the
suits.
In
the
British
Museum
.
.
.
225
The
Sevens
of
a
pack
of
as
the
Tarots,
with
Swords,
Cups,
Batons,
and
suits
.
.
.
Money
.
.
marks
of
the
.
227
236-7
The
Second
Coat
Cards
of
the
The
Sevens
suits
of
Acorns
and
Leaves—
in
a
German
.
.
pack
engraved
on
wood,
1511
.
.
.
of
a
pack
of
German
Cards,
with
Bells,
Hearts,
Leaves,
and
Acorns,
as
tne
marks
of
the
suits
.
.
.
.
.
239
239
Copies
of
Four
Small
German
Cards,
of
the
seventeenth
century
.
.
The
Valets
of
a
pack
of
French
Cards,
of
the
time
of
Henry
IV
The
Chevaliers,
or
Valets,
of
a
pack
of
Portuguese
Cards,
of
the
date
1693
Figure
of
"
the
real
Spata,"
as
shown
in
Baker's
Eclectic
Cards,
1813
Tail-piece,
Cheating
Time
with Cards
.
.
250
252
Cupid;
from
a
cut
relating
to
Prophecies
and
Fortune-telling,
in
Bagford's
Collection,
.....
same
collection
.
.
261
330
336
HarleianMSS.
5966
.
The
Four
of
Cups,
from
an
old
card,
in
the
343

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