(PLAYING CARDS) Bartlett Caleb American Transformation Deck

Sale 2434 - Lot 394

Price Realized: $ 1,875

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(PLAYING CARDS.) Bartlett, Caleb. American Transformation Deck. Complete set of 52 hand-colored engraved playing cards, together with original printed "Key to the Pictorial Playing Cards" pamphlet in contemporary marbled wrappers. 3 5/8x2 1/2 inches. Minor soiling and rubbing but no major faults. New York: C. Bartlett, 1833

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Transformation decks incorporate, or transform, pips into oftentimes very clever and interesting scenes, as with the present deck, the earliest printed in America.