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Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea

Souvenir playing cards from the culturally diverse southwestern Pacific island of Papua New Guinea.

Loewe

Loewe

Deck designed by J. L. Picardo for Loewe, 1959.

August der Starke

August der Starke

‘August der Starke und seine Zeit’ designed by Günter Schmitz, 1985.

Alcatel

Alcatel

Alcatel playing cards published by Éditions Dusserre, c.1970s

Lapin Brothers

Lapin Brothers

Reprint of Lapin’s Historical Belarusian playing cards.

Hansa-Karte

Hansa-Karte

Bechstein design reprinted by Vereinigte Stralsunder Spielkartenfabriken AG former Schneider & Co., c1925.

Qajar Dynasty playing cards

Qajar Dynasty playing cards

Qajar Dynasty playing cards, Iran, 19th century.

Jeu des Quatre Saisons de l’An II

Jeu des Quatre Saisons de l’An II

“Jeu des Quatre Saisons de l’An II” facsimile of French Revolution deck originally published by J. B. Debeine (Reims) 1793.

Jeu des Drapeaux c.1816

Jeu des Drapeaux c.1816

“Jeu des Drapeaux” commemorating Napoleon’s greatest battles, c.1816.

Mongolian Mask Dancing

Mongolian Mask Dancing

Mongolian Religious Mask Dancing playing cards, c.2010

Provinces de France

Provinces de France

Jeu des Provinces de France published by Éditions Dusserre, 1979.

Hindooly

Hindooly

Hindooly published by Chas Goodall & Son Ltd with four newly designed suits, c.1904.

Alchimistenspiel

Alchimistenspiel

Alchimistenspiel - Jeu des Alchimistes designed by Elfriede Weidenhaus, 1967.

Il Destino Svelato Dal Tarocco

Il Destino Svelato Dal Tarocco

The Cagliostro Tarot was first published in 1912 as “Il Destino Svelato Dal Tarocco”.

Nepal Souvenir

Nepal Souvenir

Souvenir from Nepal marketed by Himalayan Map House

French Suited Piquet

French Suited Piquet

French Suited Piquet by David Vachet, Switzerland, c.1812.

Sorrento Napoletane

Sorrento Napoletane

Souvenir of Sorrento by Carte Da Gioco Muoio, Naples, c.2010.

John Nixon Scrapbook, 1803

John Nixon Scrapbook, 1803

Transformation proofs from the John Nixon Scrapbook.

Picture Dominoes

Picture Dominoes

Pepys published a total of 8 different pictorial domino games.

Forrest Cards, c.1750s

Forrest Cards, c.1750s

Hand-coloured Forrest Cards produced for “Young Gentlemen & Ladys who are Lovers of Ingenuity”, c.1750s.

Fortune Telling playing cards

Fortune Telling playing cards

English Fortune Telling cards probably published c.1770.