[King Card designs from Pack of Cavalier Playing Cards]
[after Francis Barlow] [Printed by E. & G. Goldsmid] [Aungervyle Society] [n.d. c.1886] Engraving, sheet 185 x 115mm (7½ x 4½") Trimmed within plate. A facsimile edition of the engraved playing cards 'The Knavery of the Rump', originally published in 1679. The cards offer a satirical depiction of Oliver Cromwell’s government during the Rump Parliament (1648–1653). This facsimile edition was published by the Aungervyle Society and printed by E. & G. Goldsmid of Edinburgh in 1886, featuring coloured backs and bearing the title 'A Pack of Cavalier Playing Cards'. Ricky Jay Collection.
[Ref: 68152] £90.00
(£108.00 incl.VAT)