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Card-playing rapidly became popular in medieval Bavaria and German printers were quick to supply the goods.

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Fortune Telling Deck, c.1818 1818

Fortune Telling Deck, c.1818

Fortune Telling Deck by Industrie Comptoir, Leipzig c.1818.

Four Continents Patience 1910

Four Continents Patience

Dondorf's 'Four Continents' Patience, c.1910.

Four Days of Walking Event 2016

Four Days of Walking Event

Dutch playing cards promoting the annual International Four Days of Walking Event held in Holland, 2016

Freimaurer Spielkarten / Masonic playing cards 2004

Freimaurer Spielkarten / Masonic playing cards

Masonic playing cards created by Ivan Wojnikow, 2004.

Fruits et Légumes 1900

Fruits et Légumes

The beautiful artwork in Dondorf's “Fruits et Légumes” quartet game reminds us of the benefits of natural food.

Funny Snap 1920

Funny Snap

Funny Snap one penny game designed in England, printed in Bavaria, c.1920.

Fussball Quartett 1950

Fussball Quartett

Fussball Quartett by Bielefelder Spielkarten GmbH, c.1950.

Fynste Java Speelkaarten 1879

Fynste Java Speelkaarten

Dondorf's "Fynste Java Speelkaarten No.17" was published to commemorate the second marriage of King William III with Princess Emma of Waldeck-Pyrmont, on January 7, 1879.

Gaigel-Karten

Gaigel-Karten

The Valets in this deck appear in costumes of the Biedermeier period, portraying sentimental and pious poses in keeping with the iconography of traditional German playing card patterns.

Geistliche Karten 1718

Geistliche Karten

Geistliche Karten, Augsburg, 1718. Each card carries a text in Gothic typeface giving advice regarding what to do and think each day. Not quite oracle or divination cards, they are more like 'a motto for the day' collection. The method of using the cards is not known.

Georg Kapfler 1611

Georg Kapfler

Antique deck of old Bohemian playing cards of the German type manufactured by Georg Kapfler and dated 1611.

Geprüfte Sicherheit 1978

Geprüfte Sicherheit

Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Accident Research, 1978

German History by Johann Conrad Jegel

German History by Johann Conrad Jegel

Historical Deck with characters and emblematical figures published by Johann Conrad Jegel, Nürnberg, with etching by Georg Pommer.

German hunting pack by Theodor Wegener 1868

German hunting pack by Theodor Wegener

Hunters, animals and birds feature on all but the Kings in this pack by Theodor Wegener, c.1863-70.

German playing cards

German playing cards

Card-playing rapidly became popular in medieval Bavaria and German printers were quick to supply the goods.

German Saxon Pattern 1832

German Saxon Pattern

The German Saxon Pattern or “Schwerdter Karte”.

Gerrymanders 1900

Gerrymanders

Gerrymanders by Globe Series of Games, c.1900.

Geschichte des Buchgewerbes 1989

Geschichte des Buchgewerbes

Geschichte des Buchgewerbes illustrated by Ludwig Winkler, published by Verlag für Lehrmittel Pößneck.

Geschichte des Motorrades 1989

Geschichte des Motorrades

History of Motorcycles quartet published by Verlag für Lehrmittel Pößneck, 1989.