{"product_id":"researches-into-the-history-of-playing-cards-with-illustrations-of-the-origin-of-printing-and-engraving-on-wood-paperback-9781108079112","title":"Researches into the History of Playing Cards; With Illustrations of the Origin of Printing and Engraving on Wood (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108079112","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eResearches into the History of Playing Cards\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eWith Illustrations of the Origin of Printing and Engraving on Wood\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis highly illustrated 1816 work argues that early playing cards offer insights into the achievements of the greatest Renaissance carvers.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSamuel Weller Singer (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108079112, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 28 July 2016\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e430 pages, 42 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e29.7 x 21 x 2.4 cm, 1.15 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe literary scholar Samuel Weller Singer (1783–1858) was largely self-taught, but his enthusiasm for reading caused him to open a bookshop, and he developed a wide circle of bibliomaniac friends, including Francis Douce (who later left him enough money to retire from writing for a living). He was an editor of many early modern poets, and his editions of John Selden's Table-Talk and Joseph Spence's Anecdotes, Observations, and Characters, of Books and Men are also reissued in this series. This highly illustrated 1816 work, originally published in a run of only 250 copies, was praised for its quality by Thomas Frognall Dibdin. In it, Singer argues that the increasing sophistication sought by the buyers of playing cards led to increasing improvements in the art of wood engraving, and that the study of these humble and rarely surviving artefacts can give insights into the achievements of the greatest Renaissance carvers.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Advertisement\u003cbr\u003e 1. The origin of cards\u003cbr\u003e 2. Of the xylographic and typographic arts, as connected with the history of cards\u003cbr\u003e 3. On some of the principal games at cards\u003cbr\u003e Appendices 1-15\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Sports \u0026amp; outdoor recreation [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Sports \u0026amp; outdoor recreation\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Sports%20\u0026amp;%20outdoor%20recreation%20%5BWS%5D%22\"\u003eWS\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266201964824,"sku":"9781108079112","price":45.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108079112i_592159b9-8170-4e22-a1aa-4704e4c3479a.jpg?v=1696751712","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/researches-into-the-history-of-playing-cards-with-illustrations-of-the-origin-of-printing-and-engraving-on-wood-paperback-9781108079112","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}