EditorialCheating Amt, The Obmannamt of the Barf?sserklosters in Zurich, p., 42; to p. 42, p. 59, 1742, Hans Heinrich Bluntschli: Memorabilia Tigurina, oder Merkw?rdigkeiten der Stadt und Landschaft Z?rich. Dritte vermehrte Auflage. Z?rich: Heidegger und Compan...
EditorialThe feigned sadness': first company, eleventh scene of the comic 'De discovered mock joy' of David Lingelbach (1687), Geertruy is sad when she says hello to her husband Filibert, who goes on a business trip. Filibert has just heard from his servant Jor...
EditorialCouple Cheating at Cards, Two men play cards at a round table in the company of a woman. She shows the man sitting opposite her, by means of the mirror that she holds in his hand, the cards that his counterparty has in his hand., anonymous, c. 1700 - c...
EditorialErpeton tentaculata, Print, Erpeton is a genus of water snake of the family Homalopsidae, which includes a single known species, the tentacled snake, Erpeton tentaculatum, which is native to South-East Asia. They are aquatic and extremely fast in catch...
EditorialEnglish dandies playing whist with cheating cardsharps at a London house, 1820. The gent at the mirror signalling to his fellow scam artists about the mark's hand. Tom and Jerry among the Swell Broad Coves. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Isaac R...