Playing Cards - Felix Alfaro Fournier

This book constitutes the most complete graphical repertoire of playing cards which has been published to date, with 4,000 illustrations in full color and 2,000 descriptions of packs. It is an essential book for collectors and enormously. Great reference for those who love playing and/or collecting cards, history, graphic illustration and games. "Playing Cards: General History from their Creation to the Present Day" by Felix Alfaro Fournier, Spanish heir to a playing card manufacturer and founder of the Fournier Museum in Vitoria, Spain - a place devoted to the development and history of these mini-works of art. Book contain lots of images of Spanish cards from the 1400's onward, but also Italy, France, Germanic Countries, British Isles, Switzerland, Belgium, Scandinavian Countries, Hungary, Spanish-Portugese America, even China, Japan, India, and Persia. Each card is accompanied by a succinct description.
Hardcover with dusjacket, 2 vols in slipcase, 285 x 215 mm, volume 1 : 343 pp, volume 2 : 112 pp with 4,000 illustrations in full color and 2,000 descriptions of packs. Text in English. ISBN 9788485074112. [Auteur: Fournier, Félix Alfaro] [Pagina's: 343] [Uitgever: Vitoria, , Heraclio Fournier, , 1982/1988] [Jaar: 1982] [Titel: Playing Cards: General History From Their Creation to The Present Day Set Vol. I and II]