This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 3/17/2022
C. Bartlett “Pictorial Playing Cards” Transformation Deck. [New York], 1833. 42/52. Engraved playing cards on thick stock, with color stencilingThe first American printing of a transformation pack. Copied from Ackermann’s Beatrice or the Fracas deck (ca. 1818). Rare. G+. Backs with discoloration but no cards bent or torn. Hochman T1. Field, p. 63.