12 - [BULLET (Jean-Baptiste)]. Historical Research on Playing Cards with Critical and Interesting Notes. Lyon, J. Deville, 1757. One volume, 8vo, in period full sheepskin, with a plain, decorated spine. (4) ff., 163 pp., (1) p., (1) f.

[BULLET (Jean-Baptiste)]. Historical Research on Playing Cards with Critical and Interesting Notes. Lyon, J. Deville, 1757. One volume, 8vo, in period full sheepskin, with a plain, decorated spine. (4) ff., 163 pp., (1) p., (1) f. First and only edition, by Jean-Baptiste Bullet (1699–1775), a theologian, historian, and scholar from Franche-Comté. This volume is one of the first French studies specifically devoted to the history of playing cards. “A rare and highly sought-after dissertation” (Brunet I, 1387).