Playing Cards from Algeria
“Abd-el-Kader” by Fossorier, Amar et Cie for Algeria
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by Simon Wintle
Spanish National pattern produced by Fossorier, Amar et Cie (Paris) for Algeria, around 1902.
Algeria
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by Simon Wintle
Spanish suited playing cards produced by B. P. Grimaud (Paris) for Algeria, around 1910.
Playing cards in Morocco
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by Simon Wintle
The earliest literary references to playing cards in Europe refer to the game having been introduced by a 'Saracen', and also to Moorish and Damascene varieties of playing card.