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Our Imported Playing Cards. First edition of this salesman's sample catalogue for the Paris firm active in the post-war revival of historical, artistic, and regional playing-card designs.The samples include miniature German decks, cards after 17th- and 18th-century costume types, medieval costumes, Swiss folk dress, Le Florentin luxury cards after Renaissance-style paintings by Paul-Émile Bécat, Jean Picart Le Doux's tapestry designs for International Playing Card Week in 1957, Aubusson and Gobelins-style tapestry cards, Carlos Sáenz de Tejada's Romance Español, and designs by Andrés Martinez de Leon.The cover design is by Paul Mathison, a Malibu artist and designer connected with Kenneth Anger and Curtis Harrington's experimental film circle.

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