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English Illustrated Playing Cards from 1801 to 1901
1828 Charles Hodges Unsuited
New Geographical Cards
Charles Hodges operated as a bookseller and stationer at
27 Portman Street, Portman Square, London, from 1825-6 until 1830.
Following in the tradition of engraved pictorial playing cards, depicting educational, scientific and other subjects, which had its heyday in England during the 17th-18th centuries,
Hodges published these Geographical packs starting in 1828.
These cards were most probably made for Hodges by Stopforth & Son in London.
All cards are Gilt Edged.
This was the forerunner of the New Geographical Playing Cards where 12 court cards were added.
The booklet was printed by W Davy of Gilbert Street, Oxford Stree [ London ].
The cards and booklet fit snugly into the telescope box especially made for this issue – the box measures 82mm x 115mm x 18mm.
These are amongst the last of the finely engraved English cards as chromolithography was soon to take over.
This is an unsuited pack of 40 cards depicting counties and continents that made up our world as it was in 1827.cards.
These cards are hand painted and measure 64mm x 98mm
This complete set comes with a 31 page [ complete ] description of the cards and a brief summary of each of the countries/continents depicted.
The cards and booklet fit snugly into the made for telescopic box.
27 Portman Street, Portman Square, London, from 1825-6 until 1830.
Following in the tradition of engraved pictorial playing cards, depicting educational, scientific and other subjects, which had its heyday in England during the 17th-18th centuries,
Hodges published these Geographical packs starting in 1828.
These cards were most probably made for Hodges by Stopforth & Son in London.
All cards are Gilt Edged.
This was the forerunner of the New Geographical Playing Cards where 12 court cards were added.
The booklet was printed by W Davy of Gilbert Street, Oxford Stree [ London ].
The cards and booklet fit snugly into the telescope box especially made for this issue – the box measures 82mm x 115mm x 18mm.
These are amongst the last of the finely engraved English cards as chromolithography was soon to take over.
This is an unsuited pack of 40 cards depicting counties and continents that made up our world as it was in 1827.cards.
These cards are hand painted and measure 64mm x 98mm
This complete set comes with a 31 page [ complete ] description of the cards and a brief summary of each of the countries/continents depicted.
The cards and booklet fit snugly into the made for telescopic box.
REF: HG24
£3,250.00
Source: The Playing-Card: Volume 30, Number 2 and research PUBLISGED on the website of the WCMPC
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1828 Charles Hodges New Geographical Playing Cards
Charles Hodges operated as a bookseller and stationer at 27 Portman Street, Portman Square, London, from 1825-6 until 1830.
Following in the tradition of engraved pictorial playing cards, depicting educational, scientific and other subjects, which had its heyday in England during the 17th-18th centuries, Hodges published these Geographical packs starting in around 1827.
The Geographical cards were probably inspired by a pack made in France by René Janet in 1825 called “Boston de l’Univers ou Jeu des quatre parties du Monde”.
These cards were most probably made for Hodges by Stopforth & Son in London.
These are amongst the last of the finely engraved English packs as chromolithography was soon to take over.
There are a few shown here but click on any image to take you to the full set.
REF: CHG_1828
£5,000.00
CLICK ANY IMAGE TO TAKE YOU TO THE FULL SET
1863 Comic Fortune Telling Playing Cards
This is primarily a set of Fortune Telling Cards produced by Joseph Reynolds in 1865
Some people refer to this type of playing cards as ‘semi-transformation’
The Court cards are non-standard figures and are single ended
The graphics take up most of the card with a framed/un-framed portion at the bottom with the ‘Fortune telling’ phrase, except for the Jack of Hearts, representing CUPID, where the caption appears appears at the top.
Some of the phrases would not be PC these days – but this was over £150 years ago!
The cards bearing the Club and Spade Suits are printed in Black throughout
The Hearts and Diamond suits being in red throughout.
This was fairly common with Fortune Telling games of the period 1800-1885.
The directions for play is a photo of the original
The cards are complete [ 52/52 ] and in very good condition; there is age related edge spotting which does not interfere with the content.
The cards have a plain pink back
A few examples are shown here but for the complete set click on the link below.
The cards have a plain pink back
A few examples are shown here but for the complete set click on the link below.
REF: CFTPC
£600.00
1865 Cavalier Playing Cards - Boxed set of 52
In 1885 Edmund Goldsmid, resident of Edinburgh, assisted in the reproduction of a set of Playing cards used by Admiral Lord Nelson.
This tasks was undertaken by the Aungervyle Society of Edinburgh and the Clarendon Historical Society as the expense, for small societies, needed to be shared.
This is the first Victorian reproduction of a pack of playing cards.
The pack owned by Nelson was short of two cards, the Three and Ace of Hearts – these were supplied from another source for the purpose of this reproduction.
This pack was produced in very limited card format and are scarce to find especially in the original box.
First Class / Air Mail Postage: to UK – £4.45 / to Europe – £8.00 / to Other £10.95 Insurance is an additional £5.00 to any Country for the first £250.00 We combine postage and only charge our costs.
REF: CAVBOX
£160.00
