- Creator:
- Singer, Samuel Weller, 1783-1858
- Title:
- Researches into the history of playing cards : with illustrations of the origin of printing and engraving on wood / by Samuel Weller Singer.
- Alternate Title(s):
- History of playing cards
- Published / Created:
- London : Printed by T. Bensley and Son for Robert Triphook, No. 23, Old Bond Street, 1816.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, [2], 373, [3] p., [19] leaves of plates : ill. ; 29 cm.
- Collection:
- Rare Books and Manuscripts
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- Preliminary half t.p. title: Researches into the history of playing cards and printing.
- Subject Terms:
- Playing cards -- History. | Triphook, Robert -- Publisher. (bacrb) | T. Bensley and Son -- Printer. (bacrb)
- Form/Genre:
- Wood engravings -- Hand-colored -- 1816. | Wood engravings -- 1816.
- Contributors:
- Swaine, John, 1775-1860, engraver.