[Gutenberg 49349] • Catlin's Historic Origin of the Playing Cards / Their original design and subsequent use

Excerpt from Catlin's Historic Origin of the Playing Cards: Their Original Design and Subsequent Use; Full and Complete, Reliable and Authentic; And Catlin's New, Original and Scientific Game of Guest, the Superior Game of the Period, for the Society and for All Home, Domestic and Social Entertainments

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