Playing-cards of various countries

Bibliography – (5) Playing-cards of various countries

(see also section 4)

AUSTRIA

Blaas, Peter
Kartenspielen in Alt-Tirol. Uber Kartenspiele, Spielkarten und Kartenmacher / Card Games, Playing Cards and Card Makers in the old Tyrol

In “Tirol” No.41 Winter 1992/3
text in German and English (shortened). 20pp. 19 illustrations.
(5: Austria)

Reisinger, Klaus
Der österreichische Spielkarten-Steuerstempel und andere Mitteilungen

Self-published, Vienna, 1990
ISBN 3 9500 0250 2
text in German.
(3) (5: Austria)

Wacha, Georg
Vier Farben Glück. Kartenmaler in Oberosterreich

Rudolf Trauner Verlag, Linz, 1969
lists cardmakers in Freistadt, Linz, Ried im Innkreis, Steyr, Wels.
text in German. 38pp (illustrated).
(3) (5: Austria)

BELGIUM

Autenboer, Eugeen van and Cremers, Filip
Turnhoutse Speelkarten. Catalogue of exhibition held in Turnhout 11th September-9th October 1983

Nationaal Museum van de Speelkaart, 1983
D/1983/3382/3
text in Dutch.
(2) (5: Belgium)

Cremers, Filip
Kaartenmakers in Wallonie / Cartiers en Wallonie

Nationaal Museum van de Speelkaart, Turnhout, 1994
text in Dutch and French. 160pp. Fully illustrated.
(2) (5: Belgium)

Tilman, E. & Autenboer, E. van
Turnhout

Nationaal Museum van de Speelkaart, Turnhout, 1983
text in Dutch and English. 88pp, mostly illustrations.
(5: Belgium)

Tummers, Louis
L’Imagerie du Diable. 600 Ans en Belgique.

Aurelia, Brussels, n.d.
text in French. 16pp. illustrated.
(5: Belgium)

Van Bost, Frans
Gentse volksprenten 17de-20ste eeuw: verzamelingen Museum voor Volkskunde en Frans Van Bost

Museum voor Volkskunde, Gent, 1996
text in Dutch. 31 pp. some b/w illustrations
(2) (5: Belgium)

CANADA

Dawson, Tom & Judy
The Hochman Encyclopedia of American Playing Cards

U.S Games Systems, Inc., Stamford CT USA, 2000
ISBN 1-57281-297-4 (hard covers)
ISBN 1-57281-299-0 (soft covers)
A comprehensive description of standard American and Canadian cards and makers, with each pack illustrated.
text in English, 324 pages, lavishly illustrated in b & w, 24 pp. colour illustrations.
(3) (4) (5: USA) (5: Canada)

CHINA

Prunner, Gernot
Ostasiatische Spielkarten

Deutsches Spielkarten-Museum, Bielefeld, 1969
text in German.
(2) (5: China)

DENMARK

K. Frank Jensen
A Collector’s Guide to Playing Cards in Denmark

Ouroboros, Denmark, 1993
ISBN 87 87976 145 5
text in English.
(5: Denmark).

Jensen, K Frank
Playing Cards in Denmark – an illustrated guide

Ouroboros, Roskilde, 1984 (with supplements 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988)
text in English.
(5: Denmark)

Larsen, Bent & Erik Eifeldt
Catalogue of Danish Jokers

Self-published, Denmark, 1991
text in English.
(5: Denmark)

EASTERN EUROPE

Knüpfer, Ulrich
Schriftenreihe “Spielkarten”; Band 16, Vom Baltikum zum Balkan. Spielkarten aus verschiedenen Ländern Europas

Braun, Cologne, 2004
text in German.
(3) (5: Eastern Europe)

ENGLAND

Berry, John
Taxation on playing cards in England from 1711 to 1960. (IPCS Papers No. 3)

IPCS, Colchester, 2001
text in English. vi, 87 pp.
(3) (5: England)

Fletcher, W.M.
“On Some Old Playing-Cards Found in Trinity College” in Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, No. XLVII (number 3 of the 11th volume, 5th volume of the new series), pages 454-464, given on Monday 19 February 1906.

Cambridge Antiquarian Society, 1907
text in English.
(5: England)

Fletcher, W.M.
“More Old Playing Cards Found in Cambridge” in Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, No. LXVI (the 18th volume or 12th volume of the new series), pages 14-25, given on 23 April 1913.

Cambridge Antiquarian Society, 1915
text in English.
(5: England)

Mann, Sylvia
Collecting English Playing-Cards

Stanley Gibbons Publications Ltd., 1978
ISBN 0 85259 046 6
text in English.
(5: England)

Mann, Sylvia
Collecting English Playing Cards

InterCol, London, 1984
ISBN 0 946908 00 1
Republished version of 1978 original with new introduction
text in English.
(5: England)

Thorpe, John G. & Goodall, Michael H.
Early London cardmakers, marks & apprentices 1560-1760

Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards, London, 2001
text in English. 76 pp.
(3) (5: England)

FRANCE

Borvo, Alain
Anatomie d’un jeu de cartes: L’Aluette ou le Jeu de Vache

Librarie Nantaise Yves Vachon, Nantes, 1977
text in French. 82pp (including 23 figs.)
(5: France) (9)

Depaulis, Thierry
Les cartes à jouer au portrait de Paris avant 1701

Le Vieux Papier, Paris & Musée français de la Carte à jouer, Issy-les-Moulineaux, 1991
text in French. 56 pp., 4 colour plates
(5: France) (9)

Depaulis, Thierry
“Cartes à Jouer Parisiennes du XVIe Siècle (suite)”

in Nouvelles de l’Estampe No. 123, July 1992, pp. 32-37.
text in French.
(5: France)

Depaulis, Thierry
Les Guymier, cartiers parisiens du XVIe siècle.

In “Nouvelles de l’Estampe”, No.114, Dec. 1990
text in French. 20pp. 15 illustrations.
(5: France)

Jusselin, Maurice
Imagiers et cartiers à Chartres

Librairie d’Argences, Paris, 1957
text in French. 281 pp., XXX plates
(5: France)

Nicolaï, Alexandre
Histoire de la carte à jouer en Guienne, avec étude-préface sur les maîtres cartiers de Guienne

Ferret, Bordeaux-Lille, 1911
text in French. lxvii, 128 pp.
(5: France)

GERMANY

Braun, Franz
Schriftenreihe “Spielkarten”; Band 1, Die Altenburger Kriegs-Spielkarten im 1. Weltkrieg

Braun, Cologne, 1988
text in Germany with synopses in English and French.
(3) (6: War cards)

Braun, Franz
Schriftenreihe “Spielkarten”; Band 2, Die Spielkarten in der DDR 1945-1988

Braun, Cologne, 1989, 2nd edition 2000.
text in German.
(3) (5: Germany)

Braun, Franz
Schriftenreihe “Spielkarten”; Band 3, Köln und seine Spielkarten-Hersteller

Braun, Cologne, 1990
text in Germany with synopses in English and French.
(3) (5: Germany)

Braun, Franz
Schriftenreihe “Spielkarten”; Band 4, Die Spielkartenfabrik B. Dondorf

Braun, Cologne, 1991
text in German.
(3) (5: Germany)

Braun, Franz
Schriftenreihe “Spielkarten”; Band 8, Die Altenburger und Stralsunder Spielkartenfabriken

Braun, Cologne, 1997
text in German.
(3) (5: Germany)

Braun, Franz
Schriftenreihe “Spielkarten”; Band 9, Die Spielkarten aus Nürnberg

Braun, Cologne, 1999
text in German.
(3) (5: Germany)

Büchler, Frieder, & Schultz, Klaus-Jürgen
Mit offenen Karten : alte Spielkarten aus dem Augustinermuseum in Freiburg und aus Privatsammlungen.

Privatdruck (self-published), Freiburg/Brisgau, 2004
text in German. 253 pp., 98 cat. nos. all illustrated in colour
(2) (5: Germany)

Dietrich, Margot and Hoffmann, Detlef (Ed.)
Kartenmacherliste aus Altenburg

Deutsches Spielkarten-Museum, Leinfelden-Echterdingen, 1981
Facsimile of a handwritten list of cardmakers.
text in German.
(3) (5: Germany)

Kaschel, Wilfried
Mecklenburger Geschichte auf Spielkarten

Self-published, Neubrandenburg, 1994
text in German. 34pp, including 47 b/w figures.
(5: Germany)

Kohlmann, Theodor
Berliner Spielkarten

Museum f. Deutsche Volkskunde, Berlin, 1984
ISBN 3 924084 01 7
A catalogue of cards produced in Berlin.
text in German.
(5: Germany)

Radau, Sigmar, and Matthes, Gerd
Deutsche Spielkarten 1650-1900: Katalog der Spielkarten mit deutschen Farben in der Sammlung des Germanischen Nationalmuseums

Verlag des Germanischen Nationalmuseums, Nuremberg, 2001
text in German. 260 pp. many illustrations, some in colour
(1) (5: Germany)

Reisig, Otto
Deutsche Spielkarten

Bibliographisches Institut, Leipzig 1935
text in German.
(5: Germany)

Rosenfeld, Hellmut
Münchner Spielkarten um 1500

E. Gundlach, Bielefeld, 1958.
text in German.
(5: Germany)

Schroer-Ilisch, Dieter
Schriftenreihe “Spielkarten”; Band 7, Die Bielefelder Spielkarten-Fabrik

Braun, Cologne, 1998
text in German.
(3) (5: Germany)

Suma, Wolfgang
500 Jahre Leipziger Spielkarten. IPCS Papers No. 2, 1994

A catalogue of Leipzig cardmakers.
text in German.
(5: Germany)

Weberpals, Karl, and Bürger, Werner
Spielkarten und “cartenmacher” in Ansbach. (Studien zur Spielkarten, n° 7)

BDK, Berlin, 2001
text in German. 130 pp.
(3) (5: Germany)

HUNGARY

Jánoska, Antal & Braun, Franz
Schriftenreihe “Spielkarten”; Band 5, Die Spielkartenfabrik Piatnik in Budapest unt ihre Nachfolger

Braun, Cologne, 1992
text in German.
(3) (5: Hungary)

ICELAND

Magnusson, Gudbrandur
Saga Spilana

Private publication in Siglufirdri, Iceland, 1978
text in Icelandic, concise summary in English.
(5: Iceland)

INDIA

Leyden, Rudolf von
Die Welt der Indischen Spielkarten

Museum fur Volkerkunde, Vienna, 1981
ISBN 3 7003 0298 3
text in German. 160pp well illustrated in b/w.
(5: India)

Leyden, Rudolf von
Indische Spielkarten

1977
(1) (5: India)

Leyden, Rudolf von (with contributions by Michael Dummett)
Ganjifa, the playing cards of India. A general survey with a catalogue of the Victoria and Albert Museum collection

Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1982
ISBN 0 905 20917 6
text in English. 128pp, well illustrated in b/w & colour.
(1) (5: India)

ITALY

Nadin Bassani, Lucia
Le carte da gioco a Venezia: l’arte dei cartoleri (1400-1700)

Centro Internazionale della Grafica, Venice, 1989
text in Italian. 91 pp.
(5: Italy)

Milano, Alberto
Carte da gioco Milanesi dal XVo al XXo sec. Storia, Fabbricanti, Curiosita

Il Meneghello, Milan & Il Solleone, Lissone (Mi), 1980
text in Italian. 37pp + 19 plates.
(2) (5: Italy)

Milano, Alberto
Carte Milanesi da gioco nell’Ottocento

Gianluigi Arcari editore, Mantua, 1978
text in Italian. 23pp + 21 plates
(2) (5: Italy)

Milano, Alberto et al.
Non ti fidar di me se il cor ti manca. Due secoli di carte da Gioco a Trieste

Grafad, Trieste, 1989
text in Italian. 118pp, well illustrated
(2) (5: Italy)

JAPAN

Berndt, Juergen
Hyakunin isshu. Hundert Gedichte von hundert Dichtern.

Ruetten & Loening, Berlin, 1986
text in German. 219pp. All 200 cards of rare pack illustrated.
(5: Japan)

Hamaguchi, Hiruoki & Kichirobei Yamaguchi
Nihon Karuta (Japanese cards)

Hoikusha, (Little Colour Books), Japan
text in Japanese. 152pp well illustrated.
(5: Japan)

Yamaguchi, Kichirobe
Unsun Karuta

Osaka, 1961
text in Japanese. 261pp, illustrated in b/w & colour.
(5: Japan)

Various authors
Karuta

Heibonsha Ltd, Tokyo, c.1985
text in Japanese, beautifully illustrated.
(5: Japan)

NETHERLANDS

Berkel, Nico van, et al.
Van NSF tot SN. Overzicht van de produktie 1909/1969

Self-published, Den Haag, 1st edition 1986, 2nd edition 1988
text in Dutch; English translation issued in 1988.
(5: Netherlands)

Hogenes, Willem
Dutch Jokers

Amsterdam, 1985
text in English. 44pp fully illustrated.
(5: Netherlands)

Hogenes, Willem & Jelle Sietsma
Speelkaarten van Nederlandse Gelegenheidsspeelkaartenmakers

Self-published, 1988
text in Dutch. (Pages not numbered) Fully illustrated in b/w.
(5: Netherlands)

NORWAY

Nordheim, Terje
Norske kortleikar 1752-1990

Det Norske Samlegat, Oslo, Norway, 1991
ISBN 82 521 3108 5
text in Norwegian with brief summary in English.
(5: Norway)

PORTUGAL

da Silva, José Henriques, & Egas Moniz, António Caetano de Abreu Freire
Tratado do jogo do boston, com a História das cartas de jogar

em prefácio
Editorial Ática, Lisbon, 1942
text in Portuguese. 324 pp. some colour illustrations
(5: Portugal)

Frazão, Fernanda
No tempo em que jogar às cartas era proibido: séculos XV e XVI em Portugal

Apenas Livros Lda, Lisbon, 2003
(Bisca Lambida, 1)
text in Portuguese. 23 p.
(5: Portugal)

Frazão, Fernanda
As cartas de jogar constitucionais: historia de um baralho

Apenas Livros Lda, Lisbon, 2003
(Bisca Lambida, 2)
text in Portuguese. 27 p.
(5: Portugal)

García Martín, Enrique
“Naipes portugueses”

in La Sota, No. 8, Feb. 1993, pp. 3-50.
text in Spanish.
(5: Portugal)

Mann, Sylvia and Wayland, Virginia
The Dragons of Portugal

Sandford, for the Playing Card Society, Farnham, 1973
text in English.
(5: Portugal)

RUSSIA

Knüpfer, Ulrich
Schriftenreihe “Spielkarten”, Band 14: Spielkarten aus und für Russland

Franz Braun, Cologne, 2003
text in German. 170 pp., 7 colour plates
(5: Russia)

SPAIN

Denning, Trevor
Spanish Playing Cards

IPCS, 1980
ISBN 0 9506941 0 X
text in English.
(5: Spain)

Denning, Trevor
Catalogue 2 of Trevor Denning’s Collection of Spanish Playing-Cards

Denning, Birmingham, England, 1993 (enlarged and revised edition of the first edition, 1986)
ISBN 0 9505521 2 7
text in English.
(5: Spain)

Denning, Trevor
The playing-cards of Spain: a guide for historians and collectors

Cygnus Arts, London, 1996
ISBN 1-900541-10-6
text in English. xii, [4], 184 pp., 84 b/w illustrations
(5: Spain)

Garcia Martin, Enrique (Ed.) et al.
Naipes Espanoles Modernos de la Guerra Civil a nuestros Dias. Supplemento: La Baraja Sudamericana en la Actualidad

Asescoin, Madrid, 1989
text in Spanish. 340pp (mostly illustrations).
(5: Spain)

Llano Gorostiza, Manuel
Naipes españoles

Induban, Vitoria, 1975
text in Spanish. 183 pp., many b/w and colour illustrations
(5: Spain)

Pérez González, Alberto
Los naipes de Cádiz: una aproximación a la historia y evolución de los naipes y naiperos de Cádiz desde 1739

a 1940
La Sota, No. 13, 1995
text in Spanish.
(5: Spain)

SWEDEN

Bernstrom, John
Spelkort

Nordiska Museet, Stockholm, 1959
text in Swedish. 90pp illustrated
(5: Sweden)

Jerremalm, Ali
Schriftenreihe “Spielkarten”, Band 6: Die Spielkarten in Schweden 1892-1992, (I)

Franz Braun, Cologne, 1996
text in German. 88 pp.
(5: Sweden)

Jerremalm, Ali & Lundstrom, Inga & Wisehn, Ian
Trumf påa hand

Uddevalla, Sweden, 1993
ISBN 91 7192 891 X
text in Swedish
(5: Sweden)

SWITZERLAND

Eberhard, Balz
Les Cartiers Fribourgeois. Catalogue

Musée d’Art et d’Histoire de Fribourg, Fribourg, 1987
text in French and German. 47pp unillustrated.
(2) (5: Switzerland)

Hoffmann, Detlef
Schweizer Spielkarten 1. Die Anfänge im 15. und 16. Jahrhundert

Museum zu Allerheiligen und Cartophilia Helvetica, Schaffhausen, 1998.
ISBN 3-907066-27-8
text in German. 147 pages, illustrated in colour & b/w.
(5: Switzerland)

Kopp, Peter F. et al
Alte Schweizer Spielkarten

Separatdruck aus Zeitschrift fur Schweizerische Archaologie und Kunstgeschichte, Band 30, Heft 3/4, pp.129-204. 1973
text in German.
(5: Switzerland)

Kopp, Peter F.
Kartenspiele und Spielkarten in der Schweiz.

Issue 12/1986 of magazine Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera/Svizra/Switzerland
In Spiele/Jeux/Giochi/Games
text in German, French and English.
(5: Switzerland)

Kopp, Peter F. and Eberhard, Balz et al.
Schweizer Spielkarten

Kunst Gewerbe Museum Zurich, 1978
text in German.
(2) (5: Switzerland)

USA

Dawson, Tom & Judy
The Hochman Encyclopedia of American Playing Cards

U.S Games Systems, Inc., Stamford CT USA, 2000
ISBN 1-57281-297-4 (hard covers)
ISBN 1-57281-299-0 (soft covers)
A comprehensive description of standard American and Canadian cards and makers, with each pack illustrated.
text in English, 324 pages, lavishly illustrated in b & w, 24 pp. colour illustrations.
(3) (4) (5: USA) (5: Canada)

Hochman, Gene
Encylopaedia of American Playing Cards Part I

Hochman, New Jersey, USA, 1976
text in English.
(5: USA)

Hochman, Gene
Encylopaedia of American Playing Cards Part II

Hochman, New Jersey, USA, 1977
text in English.
(5: USA)

Hochman, Gene
Encylopaedia of American Playing Cards Part III

Hochman, New Jersey, USA, 1979
text in English.
(5: USA)

Hochman, Gene
Encylopaedia of American Playing Cards Part IV

Hochman, New Jersey, USA, 1980
text in English.
(5: USA)

Hochman, Gene
Encylopaedia of American Playing Cards Part V

Hochman, New Jersey, USA, 1980
text in English.
(5: USA)

Hochman, Gene
Encylopaedia of American Playing Cards Part VI

Hochman, New Jersey, USA, 1982
text in English.
(5: USA)