Ecarte: A Treatise on the Game with Some Historical Notes on Its Origin; The Invention of Playing Cards in General, and a Few Anecdotes, Axioms and Epigrams (Classic Reprint)
Ecarte: A Treatise on the Game with Some Historical Notes on Its Origin; The Invention of Playing Cards in General, and a Few Anecdotes, Axioms and Epigrams (Classic Reprint)
Excerpt from ???cart??? A Treatise on the Game With Some Historical Notes on Its Origin; The Invention of Playing Cards in General, and a Few Anecdotes, Axioms and Epigrams In Spain, where, as already stated, it has been also claimed that cards found their origin, the pack consisted of forty-eight cards - the tens being omitted - divided into four suits, and known respectively as Espadiz (spades), Oros, from a piece of money being on each card (hearts), Basion (clubs), Copas, from the cups painted on the card (diamonds). ...
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Excerpt from ???cart??? A Treatise on the Game With Some Historical Notes on Its Origin; The Invention of Playing Cards in General, and a Few Anecdotes, Axioms and Epigrams In Spain, where, as already stated, it has been also claimed that cards found their origin, the pack consisted of forty-eight cards - the tens being omitted - divided into four suits, and known respectively as Espadiz (spades), Oros, from a piece of money being on each card (hearts), Basion (clubs), Copas, from the cups painted on the card (diamonds). About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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