Transcriber’s Notes

Obvious typographical errors have been silently corrected. All other spelling and punctuation remains unchanged.


Plate 1.

THE
DEVIL’S PICTURE-BOOKS

A History of Playing-Cards

BY
MRS. JOHN KING VAN RENSSELAER
AUTHOR OF CROCHET LACE, ETC.

ILLUSTRATED

NEW YORK
DODD, MEAD, AND COMPANY
PUBLISHERS

Copyright, 1890
By Dodd, Mead, and Company
All rights reserved

University Press
John Wilson and Son, Cambridge