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Update: Rare 17th century heraldic playing cards from Edinburgh

Original post from 29 June 2011 We were contacted by members of the Scottish media shortly following an early post on this blog on a set of heraldic playing cards printed in Edinburgh in 1691. This post, and its…

Date: 1 August 2011
Category: Rare Book finds

Rare 17th century heraldic playing cards from Edinburgh

To see an update on these cards, view this post from 1 August 2011. I recently catalogued a very interesting set of playing cards from late 17th century Edinburgh. These cards turned out to be highly rare and almost…

Date: 29 June 2011
Category: Rare Book finds

Search by tag: playing cards

Update: Rare 17th century heraldic playing cards from Edinburgh

Rare 17th century heraldic playing cards from Edinburgh

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