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English: Images of ivory playing cards bought in a Cairo bazar by French traveller Mr. Émile Prisse d'Avennes (1807-1879), during his visit to Egypt in the period 1827-1844. He identified them as Persian by the style and quality.
Français : Images d'un jeu de cartes en ivoire, acheté dans un bazar au Caire pour le voyageur français M. Émile Prisse d'Avennes (1807-1879), pendant son séjour en Egypte durant la période 1827-1844. Vu le style et la qualité, il les a indentifiées comme perses.
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Source Le Magasin pittoresque, Volume 14 (Google eBook) page 365. Publisher: Aux Bureaux d'Abonnement et de Vente, France, 1846
Author Eugène Best, Édouard Charton, Louis Fouquet

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