Games - D'Allemagne (Henri-René). Playing cards... Lot 616

Games - D'Allemagne (Henri-René). Playing cards from the 14th to the 20th century. Book containing 3,200 card reproductions, including 956 in color, 12 out-of-text watercolor plates, 25 phototypes, 116 illustrated card game envelopes and 340 vignettes and miscellaneous views. Paris, Hachette et Cie, 1906. 2 large volumes in-4, publisher's boards, illustrated in color. Profusely illustrated first edition. Faded boards, worn spines, very good condition inside for this essential documentation and iconography on the subject.