Victorian Card Game Pope Joan Circa 1890s
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Victorian card Game Pope Joan Circa 1890s. This set includes card holder/trays x 8 and is in good condition. Some fading on gilded areas due to usage over a long period of time. Cards (51 needed) not included.
Pope Joan or Pope, a once popular Victorian family game, is an 18th-century English round game of cards for three to eight players derived from the French game of Matrimony and Comete and ancestor to Spinado and the less elaborate Newmarket. The game is related to theGerman Poch and French Nain Jaune.
See Wiki link for games rules and play: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Joan_(card_game)