Entente Cordiale
Jaques' The Entente Cordiale Card Game, c.1905.
The Entente Cordiale Card Game, c.1905
John Jaques and Son's The Entente Cordiale Card Game, c.1905. The Entente Cordiale is a series of agreements signed on 8 April 1904 between the United Kingdom and the French Republic. See the Rules►
Above: Jaques' The Entente Cordiale Card Game, c.1905. 55 cards printed in red, white and blue; 6 sets of 9 cards plus Instructions Card. Square corners.
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Founder and editor of the World of Playing Cards since 1996. He is a former committee member of the IPCS and was graphics editor of The Playing-Card journal for many years. He has lived at various times in Chile, England and Wales and is currently living in Extremadura, Spain. Simon's first limited edition pack of playing cards was a replica of a seventeenth century traditional English pack, which he produced from woodblocks and stencils.
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