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[PLAYING CARDS]. BREITKOPF, Johann Gottlob Immanuel (1719-1794). Versuch, den Ursprung der Spielkarten. Die Einfuhrung des Leinenpapieres und Der Anfang der Holzschneidekunst in Europa… Erster Theil. Leipzig: Brietkopf, 1784. 4to. Illustrated with 14 copper engraved folding plates of playing cards and other related scenes or views. [iii], 136 pp. 11 x 9". Bound to style in modern quarter brown calf over marbled boards, printed paper labels on front board and spine (text toned, edgeworn, with occasional contemporary ink notes (including signatures on title-page), a few plates with tape repairs, bookplate of Jaime Ortiz Patino on fp.) Very good. THE RARE TRUE FIRST EDITION OF THIS ORIGIN OF PLAYING CARDS AND THEIR MANUFACTURE (part 1 of 2 parts, the second part wasn't published until 1801). Horr 221.