The 52 Counties of England and Wales, Geographically Described in a Pack of Cards, 1st edition, 1st state, London: Robert Morden 1676], 37 (of 52) suit cards, engraved maps with outline hand-colouring, suit symbols stencilled and coloured, versos plain, close-trimmed, somewhat finger-soiled, a few scattered marks and marginal dings, upper right corner of 2 of Clubs (Cumberland) snipped with loss of Roman numerals, now written in pencil, 95 x 55mm Very rare coloured first state group (adjacent counties not named) of these educational, cartographic playing cards, many the first to feature roads of their respective counties. In addition to the 52 playing cards which effectively formed a miniature pocket atlas, the full pack contained two further cards, a general map of England and an explanatory card. The court cards have the king depicted as Charles II, the Queen as his wife, Catherine of Braganza, and various male heads as the Jack. Cary Collection 109; King, Miniature Antique maps, p.116; Ortiz-Pati�o 123; Skelton. County Atlases of the British Isles 94. The lot offered here contains: 8 x Hearts (Eastern Counties): I Northampton Sh; III Bedford Sh; IV Cambridge Sh; V Norfolk; VII Essex; X Surrey; Queen Huntingdon S; King Middlesex.[Wanting II Buckingham Sh; VI Suffolk; VIII Hartford Sh; IX Kent; Jack Rutland.] 9 x Diamonds (Southern Counties): II Oxford Sh; III Barke Sh; IV Sussex; V Hant Sh; VI Wilt Sh; VIII Somerset Sh; IX Devon Sh; Jack Glocester Sh; Queen Worcester Sh. [Wanting I Warwick Sh; VII Wilts Sh; X Cornwall; King Hereford Sh.]8 x Clubs (Northern Counties): I Westmorland; II Cumberland (upper right corner snipped); III Lancaster Sh; VI Northumberland; VII Nottingham Sh; VIII Lincolne Sh; X Shrop Shire; King York Sh.[Wanting IV Cheshire; V Darby Sh; IX Stafford Sh; Jack Lecester Sh; Queen Durham.] 12 x Spades (Western Counties): I Flint Shire; II Carnarvon Sh; III Denbigh Sh; IV Merioneth Sh; V Montgomery Sh; VI Cardigan Sh; VII Brecknock Sh; VIII Glamorgan Sh; IX Carmarthen Sh; Jack Anglesey; Queen Radnor Sh; King Montgomery Sh. [Wanting X Penbrok Sh.]. (37)
The 52 Counties of England and Wales, Geographically Described in a Pack of Cards, 1st edition, 1st state, London: Robert Morden 1676], 37 (of 52) suit cards, engraved maps with outline hand-colouring, suit symbols stencilled and coloured, versos plain, close-trimmed, somewhat finger-soiled, a few scattered marks and marginal dings, upper right corner of 2 of Clubs (Cumberland) snipped with loss of Roman numerals, now written in pencil, 95 x 55mm Very rare coloured first state group (adjacent counties not named) of these educational, cartographic playing cards, many the first to feature roads of their respective counties. In addition to the 52 playing cards which effectively formed a miniature pocket atlas, the full pack contained two further cards, a general map of England and an explanatory card. The court cards have the king depicted as Charles II, the Queen as his wife, Catherine of Braganza, and various male heads as the Jack. Cary Collection 109; King, Miniature Antique maps, p.116; Ortiz-Pati�o 123; Skelton. County Atlases of the British Isles 94. The lot offered here contains: 8 x Hearts (Eastern Counties): I Northampton Sh; III Bedford Sh; IV Cambridge Sh; V Norfolk; VII Essex; X Surrey; Queen Huntingdon S; King Middlesex.[Wanting II Buckingham Sh; VI Suffolk; VIII Hartford Sh; IX Kent; Jack Rutland.] 9 x Diamonds (Southern Counties): II Oxford Sh; III Barke Sh; IV Sussex; V Hant Sh; VI Wilt Sh; VIII Somerset Sh; IX Devon Sh; Jack Glocester Sh; Queen Worcester Sh. [Wanting I Warwick Sh; VII Wilts Sh; X Cornwall; King Hereford Sh.]8 x Clubs (Northern Counties): I Westmorland; II Cumberland (upper right corner snipped); III Lancaster Sh; VI Northumberland; VII Nottingham Sh; VIII Lincolne Sh; X Shrop Shire; King York Sh.[Wanting IV Cheshire; V Darby Sh; IX Stafford Sh; Jack Lecester Sh; Queen Durham.] 12 x Spades (Western Counties): I Flint Shire; II Carnarvon Sh; III Denbigh Sh; IV Merioneth Sh; V Montgomery Sh; VI Cardigan Sh; VII Brecknock Sh; VIII Glamorgan Sh; IX Carmarthen Sh; Jack Anglesey; Queen Radnor Sh; King Montgomery Sh. [Wanting X Penbrok Sh.]. (37)
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