Collection of antique and vintage card games and activities courtesy of Emma Marigliano

The Portico Library’s previous Librarian, Emma Marigliano, is a keen collector of books, illustrations, and playing cards. Her collection includes several tarot sets as well as conventional 52-card playing sets and other rare games in card pack form.

Selection of Tarot card games, courtesy of Emma Marigliano.

Selection of Tarot card games, courtesy of Emma Marigliano.

Mlle Lenormand Fotune Telling Cards, AGM Muller, Switzerland, 1970.

Mlle Lenormand Fotune Telling Cards, AGM Muller, Switzerland, 1970.

Mlle Lenormand Fotune Telling Cards, AGM Muller, Switzerland, 1970.

Mlle Lenormand Fotune Telling Cards, AGM Muller, Switzerland, 1970.

Speed, Castell Bros Ltd, London, 1938.

Speed, Castell Bros Ltd, London, 1938.

Cagliostro Tarot 184, Graphic Arts, Modiano, Italy (Trieste), 1981.

Cagliostro Tarot 184, Graphic Arts, Modiano, Italy (Trieste), 1981.

Espanol, Spanish language game, Berlitz, USA (Chicago), 1955.

Espanol, Spanish language game, Berlitz, USA (Chicago), 1955.

Play the Composers, Debco/Hanser House, USA (Seattle), 1976.

Play the Composers, Debco/Hanser House, USA (Seattle), 1976.

Country Craftsmen, 'Happy Families' card game, Dinosaur Publications Ltd, Cambridge, 1978.

Country Craftsmen, 'Happy Families' card game, Dinosaur Publications Ltd, Cambridge, 1978.

WHOT, W H Stoney & Co Ltd, Croyden, date unknown.

WHOT, W H Stoney & Co Ltd, Croyden, date unknown.

Panto People, match game similar to 'Happy Families', E. S. & A, Robinson, England, 1930s.

Panto People, match game similar to 'Happy Families', E. S. & A, Robinson, England, 1930s.

Dartex, game based on darts (52 cards), London, 1938.

Dartex, game based on darts (52 cards), London, 1938.

Dartex, game based on darts (52 cards), London, 1938.

Dartex, game based on darts (52 cards), London, 1938.

Our Kings and Queens, Mazawatee Tea Co Ltd, London, date unknown (first produced 1901).

Our Kings and Queens, Mazawatee Tea Co Ltd, London, date unknown (first produced 1901).

PIT, J Waddington, USA, date unknown (first produced 1904).

PIT, J Waddington, USA, date unknown (first produced 1904).

Snap, H P Gibsons & Sons Ltd, London, date unknown.

Snap, H P Gibsons & Sons Ltd, London, date unknown.

Vandenborre Bacchus Tarot, US Games Systems, place and date unknown (first produced in Brussels, 1780).

Vandenborre Bacchus Tarot, US Games Systems, place and date unknown (first produced in Brussels, 1780).

Selection of Tarot card games, courtesy of Emma Marigliano.

Mlle Lenormand Fotune Telling Cards, AGM Muller, Switzerland, 1970.

Mlle Lenormand Fotune Telling Cards, AGM Muller, Switzerland, 1970.

Speed, Castell Bros Ltd, London, 1938.

Cagliostro Tarot 184, Graphic Arts, Modiano, Italy (Trieste), 1981.

Espanol, Spanish language game, Berlitz, USA (Chicago), 1955.

Play the Composers, Debco/Hanser House, USA (Seattle), 1976.

Country Craftsmen, 'Happy Families' card game, Dinosaur Publications Ltd, Cambridge, 1978.

WHOT, W H Stoney & Co Ltd, Croyden, date unknown.

Panto People, match game similar to 'Happy Families', E. S. & A, Robinson, England, 1930s.

Dartex, game based on darts (52 cards), London, 1938.

Dartex, game based on darts (52 cards), London, 1938.

Our Kings and Queens, Mazawatee Tea Co Ltd, London, date unknown (first produced 1901).

PIT, J Waddington, USA, date unknown (first produced 1904).

Snap, H P Gibsons & Sons Ltd, London, date unknown.

Vandenborre Bacchus Tarot, US Games Systems, place and date unknown (first produced in Brussels, 1780).

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