Singer, Samuel Weller. Researches Into the History of Playing Cards; with Illustrations of the Origin of Printing and Engraving on Wood London: T. Bensley and Son, 1816. One of 250 copies printed. Full chocolate leather stamped in blind, spine in gilt, with marbled endsheets, a.e.g. In a handsome one-third leather folding box. Engraved frontispiece. 19 plates, several in color. Duplicate plate and contemporary notes on playing cards laid in. 4to. Light spotting, but very good overall, in a handsome binding and box.