English playing cards. Counties of England & Wales card game, Paisley, Scotland: Mrs. R. Laird, 1st December 1818, 48 (of 52, without N9, S2, M4 & WQ) engraved playing cards, comprising 4 suits of 13 printed in one colour for each suit, the suits being North (black), South (red), Midlands (blue) and West (dark brown-black), each with numbered cards 1-10 and 3 full-length court cards, each card with panel at top containing value (unless court card), suit, county, and town (or city) names, plus the industry or product associated with that town/city and the distance from London (in miles), the illustrations below representing the relevant industry/product, court cards with slightly differing figures of King George III, Queen Charlotte, or an unidentified courtly man standing in the foreground, every card with maker's details and date, M4 and WQ present in facsimile, dusty, some spotting, toning, and minor marks, Hereford emended in early ink manuscript to Hertford, N5 with small brown stains, some cards close-trimmed, rarely clipping image, once clipping county name, WK somewhat worn to left edge, square corners lightly worn, plain versos, each card 92 x 64 mm, all cards mounted with photo corners onto 2 display boards, encapsulated in clear plastic (none examined out of boards), the boards 42 x 59.5 cm (Quantity: 1) A rare example of this early Counties card game, which seems to be a predecessor of Jacques' Counties of England (first published 1866). The only other mention we have found is at https://dondorf.co.uk/card-games, although apparently there is an example in the London Guildhall collection and also in an unknown Welsh museum.
English playing cards. Counties of England & Wales card game, Paisley, Scotland: Mrs. R. Laird, 1st December 1818, 48 (of 52, without N9, S2, M4 & WQ) engraved playing cards, comprising 4 suits of 13 printed in one colour for each suit, the suits being North (black), South (red), Midlands (blue) and West (dark brown-black), each with numbered cards 1-10 and 3 full-length court cards, each card with panel at top containing value (unless court card), suit, county, and town (or city) names, plus the industry or product associated with that town/city and the distance from London (in miles), the illustrations below representing the relevant industry/product, court cards with slightly differing figures of King George III, Queen Charlotte, or an unidentified courtly man standing in the foreground, every card with maker's details and date, M4 and WQ present in facsimile, dusty, some spotting, toning, and minor marks, Hereford emended in early ink manuscript to Hertford, N5 with small brown stains, some cards close-trimmed, rarely clipping image, once clipping county name, WK somewhat worn to left edge, square corners lightly worn, plain versos, each card 92 x 64 mm, all cards mounted with photo corners onto 2 display boards, encapsulated in clear plastic (none examined out of boards), the boards 42 x 59.5 cm (Quantity: 1) A rare example of this early Counties card game, which seems to be a predecessor of Jacques' Counties of England (first published 1866). The only other mention we have found is at https://dondorf.co.uk/card-games, although apparently there is an example in the London Guildhall collection and also in an unknown Welsh museum.
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