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

Master of the Playing Cards
Animal suited playing cards engraved by the Master of the Playing Cards, Germany, c.1455

Fleet Street
“Fleet Street” card game published by Chad Valley Games, c.1923.

The 52 Club
The London College of Printing '52 Club' Designers and Artists playing cards, 1984.

Manufacture of Playing Cards
Traditionally cardmakers worked in guilds with long apprenticeships under master craftsmen.

Chromolithography
Colour lithography was invented in 1798 by a Bavarian actor and playwright named Alois Senefelder (1771-1834). It is based on the principle that oil and water do not mix.

Printing of Playing Cards: Stencilling
Printing of Playing Cards :: Stencilling can usually be detected by observing the outlines of the coloured areas which are often irregular with brush strokes discernible in the coloured areas.

Letterpress
Some notes on the manufacture of playing cards taken from Thomas De la Rue's patent, 1831.
