Baraja Taurina by Simeon Durá, c.1916  

Above: 12 cards and a reverse from Baraja Taurina manufactured by Simeon Durá (Valencia) for Chocolate Angelical, first published in 1916. The back of each card features a sepia photograph of a different contemporary matador, with advertising for Chocolate Angelical superimposed on cross-hatching.

Owing to its great popularity, this pack was in print until the 1930s and variations in the front and back designs and colouring can be found in the different editions.

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