JUSTUS, Pascasius. De Alea. Amsterdam: Elzevir, 1642.
2 parts in one, 24o (104 x 65 mm). Engraved title-page. Contemporary vellum, speckled edges (small split along top right corner of front cover). Provenance: bookplate effaced from front pastedown).
Traveling throughout Spain in the 1540s, Flemish author Justus noted that the Spaniards were passionately fond of cards. He wrote that he was often unable to procure bread and wine on his journeys, but even the poorest villages had an abundance of cards.
JUSTUS, Pascasius. De Alea. Amsterdam: Elzevir, 1642.
2 parts in one, 24o (104 x 65 mm). Engraved title-page. Contemporary vellum, speckled edges (small split along top right corner of front cover). Provenance: bookplate effaced from front pastedown).
Traveling throughout Spain in the 1540s, Flemish author Justus noted that the Spaniards were passionately fond of cards. He wrote that he was often unable to procure bread and wine on his journeys, but even the poorest villages had an abundance of cards.
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