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PRINTED AND STENCILED PLAYING CARDS.
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Chinese Playing Cards.
[From Breitkopf.]
The introduction of this oriental pastime in civilized Europe has been attributed to the Moors of Spain, to eastern Jews who traded on the shores of the Mediterranean, to Gypsies who made their appearance in Germany at the beginning
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