History of playing cards

The passion of mankind for card games and fortune -telling does not weaken for many centuries, perhaps this is precisely what makes researchers again and again to study the history of such a mysterious and fascinating subject. It is known that in order to determine phenomena that are not amenable to understanding, people resorted to witchcraft. Modern gambling is the relics of just such witching, rituals. Katherine Perry Hargrave spoke about the origin, distribution and incredible variety of maps and card games around the world. She presented fortune -tier, playing, as well as a series of cards designed to instill interest in history, geography, heraldry, military affairs, music, and many others. The author paid special attention to artists, artisans and enterprises engaged in the manufacture and sale of cards. The book reproduces copies of rare card series