Article: L803

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Manufacturer: Klaus-Jürgen SCHULTZ, Frieder BÜCHLER

Die Spielkarten des Industrie Comptoirs in Leipzig. Schultz/Büchler: Hamburg, 2007. 293x208 mm. Title leaf,2 leaves, 214 pp., 1 leaf with very numerous color ill.  Adhesive binding, covers ill. in color.
Standard study by 2 reliable authors on the playing card factory founded in Leipzig by the book publisher and dealer Friedrich Gotthelf Baumgärtner (1759-1843). A must (also see the review by P. Endebrock in The Playing-card, vol. 36, No. 3, p. 173). Numbered copy from an edition of 100. Published in the series „Studien zur Spielkarte“ (Playing card studies) as No. 12.
Bottom edge minimally bumped, otherwise almost as new.

$ 101.88