The Oxford Guide to Card Games

by David Parlett

Imported from the Mamluks of Egypt, card games first hit Europe around 1371 and within ten years had spread like wildfire from Spain and Italy to France and Germany. By 1420, German and Swiss cardmakers were producing packs by the thousands (first by stencil, later by metal engraving) marked with a bewildering array of suits, including hounds, bears, parrots, roses, helmets, banners, and bells. Games proliferated as well, and by 1534, Rabelais could...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192141651
• ISBN13: 9780192141651
• Release Date: November 1990
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.5" x 9.5"