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D’ALLEMAGNE, Henry-René. Les Cartes A Jouer du XIV au XX Siecle. Paris: Librairie Hachette, 1906. From the first and only limited edition of this comprehensive history of playing cards. Two heavy volumes. Large 4to. Illustrated with a profusion of plates, 122 in color, five mounted, most with original tissue guards. Modern green cloth, stamped in gilt, with publisher’s colored pictorial wraps neatly laid down. Marbled endsheets. Very good.