Historical
Daveluy
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by Simon Wintle
Daveluy produced card games between c.1840 and 1890. Many of his playing cards have historical connotations and show figures with a landscape background.
Descubridores y Colonizadores de America
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by Simon Wintle
“Baraja Histórica” (Descubridores y Colonizadores de America) manufactured by Heraclio Fournier S.A., 1952 designed by Ricardo Summers “Serny”
Dresdner Originale
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by Matt Probert
‘Dresdner Originale with scenes of Dresden, designed by Günter Schmitz, 1989.
España Imperial
España imperial / Imperial Spain playing cards with artwork by Serny, published by Heraclio Fournier, Spain, 1983.
French Costumes
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by Rod Starling
The French taste for elegant, well engraved costume playing cards started during the early 19th century. O. Gibert of Paris produced a series of such fashion packs, or packs depicting historical characters.
German History by Johann Conrad Jegel
Historical Deck with characters and emblematical figures published by Johann Conrad Jegel, Nürnberg, with etching by Georg Pommer.
Historical Characters
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by Matt Probert
“Historical Characters” playing cards printed by Waddington’s for Thermawear Ltd, 1994.
Islenzk Spil
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by Simon Wintle
This historical Icelandic deck was first published in c.1930 and shows the native Icelandic Vikings of some thousand years ago rendered in a romantic naturalistic style.
J. Glanz Historical playing cards
Historical Theatrical playing cards manufactured by J. Glanz, c.1865.
Jeu de Costumes Historiques Anglais
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by Rod Starling
The courts are full-length figures of English historical personages.
Jeu des Rois de France
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by Rod Starling
This beautifully engraved and pleasing deck designed in 1856 has French Kings and consorts as the Kings and Queens, with noble attendants as the Jacks, all dressed in magnificent period costumes.
La Compagnie de 1602
Characters from the annual festival held to commemorate the failed attempt to storm Geneva in 1602.
Lakeland
Lakeland playing cards by Stuart Lawrence depicting famous characters & views of England’s Lake District, c.1988.
Les Mousquetaires Playing Cards
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by Paul Symons
depicting characters from the novel by Alexandre Dumas
Les Ordres de Chevalerie
Six orders of chivalry represented pictorially by the artist Patrick Dallanégra.
Naipe Navarro
Historical figures and artefacts from Navarre with designs by M. Sinués for the Navarre Association of Volunteer Blood Donors.
Neue Deutsche Spielkarte
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by Rod Starling
Neue Deutsche Spielkarte (Reformkarte) conceived by Dr. Timon Schroeter, 1883.