Catlin's historic origin of the playing cards: Their original design and subsequent use

Facts and Speculations on the Origin and History of Playing Cards

William Andrew Chatto

William Andrew Chatto’s Facts and Speculations on the Origin and History of Playing Cards is a…

The Devil's picture-books

Mrs. John King Van Rensselaer

Prophetical, Educational and Playing Cards

Mrs. John King Van Rensselaer

A History of Magic and Experimental Science, Volume 1 (of 2) During the First Thirteen Centuries of Our Era

Lynn Thorndike

This volume is a scholarly survey of how magic and experimental science intersected from antiquity through…

Travels in the Great Desert of Sahara, in the Years of 1845 and 1846

James Richardson

James Richardson’s work is a nineteenth‑century travel narrative that records his 1845‑46 expedition across…

Pharmacographia A history of the principal drugs of vegetable origin, met with in Great Britain and British India

Flückiger, Friedrich A. (Friedrich August); Hanbury, Daniel

Pharmacographia is a scholarly survey of vegetable‑derived drugs that were in common use in Britain and…