By Frederique Crestin-Billet - Published by Flammarion - 2002 - Paperback - 382 pages - 140 mm x 140 mm - 400 Colour IllustrationsCollectible Playing Cards takes the reader on a journey that spans the globe and showing over 400 different designs dating from medieval times to the present day, presented in thematic chapters covering game, pictorial, educational and fortune-telling cards. Each photograph is accompanied by a short text explaining the significance of the card.
Originally published in French - this edition is printed in English.