The Art of the Playing Card Maker

by Ian Cumpstey, Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau

This text was first published in French in 1762. It gives a detailed description of the work of playing card makers in Paris at that time. This text is essential reading for anyone interested in the practical techniques used in the traditional pre-modern production of playing cards.

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Published October 26, 2022

About the author

Ian Cumpstey lived and worked in Sweden for eight years. He has now returned to England, and lives in Cumbria. He is an associate member of the Swedish to English literary translators association. He has published three collections of translations of Scandinavian folk ballads: Lord Peter and Little Kerstin (2013), Warrior Lore (2014), and The Faraway North (2016).