Playing cards. Advertisement for Monmouth Rebellion playing cards, The London Gazette, Numb. 2085, November 12 1685, single leaf of laid paper printed in double-column to recto and verso, verso with Advertisements, including 'A New Pack of Cards, Representing (in curious lively Figures, the two late Rebellions throughout the whole course thereof in both Kingdoms, Price one shilling. Sold by D. Brown at the Black-Swan and Bible without Temple-Bar, and A. Jones, at the Flying-horse in Fleet-street near St. Dunstans Church', toned, 1 or 2 nicks in fore-edge, pinhole in blank left-hand margin, paper weak at horizontal fold, disbound, 28 x 17.3cm (11 x 6 3/4ins) (Qty: 1) A rare piece of ephemera advertising a deck of playing cards issued in late 1685 to commemorate the failed coup staged by James Scott 1st Duke of Monmouth (1649-1685) earlier that year. The Monmouth Rebellion consisted of two invasions: the first, led by Archibald Campbell 9th Earl of Argyll, landed in Scotland, and became known as Argyll's Rising; the second, led by James Scott landed at Lyme Regis, and became known as the Pitchfork Rebellion. Ultimately the attempt to overthrow James II was unsuccessful, both of the main protagonists lost their heads, and the overthrow of the king was left to William of Orange in the Glorious Revolution of 1688.
Playing cards. Advertisement for Monmouth Rebellion playing cards, The London Gazette, Numb. 2085, November 12 1685, single leaf of laid paper printed in double-column to recto and verso, verso with Advertisements, including 'A New Pack of Cards, Representing (in curious lively Figures, the two late Rebellions throughout the whole course thereof in both Kingdoms, Price one shilling. Sold by D. Brown at the Black-Swan and Bible without Temple-Bar, and A. Jones, at the Flying-horse in Fleet-street near St. Dunstans Church', toned, 1 or 2 nicks in fore-edge, pinhole in blank left-hand margin, paper weak at horizontal fold, disbound, 28 x 17.3cm (11 x 6 3/4ins) (Qty: 1) A rare piece of ephemera advertising a deck of playing cards issued in late 1685 to commemorate the failed coup staged by James Scott 1st Duke of Monmouth (1649-1685) earlier that year. The Monmouth Rebellion consisted of two invasions: the first, led by Archibald Campbell 9th Earl of Argyll, landed in Scotland, and became known as Argyll's Rising; the second, led by James Scott landed at Lyme Regis, and became known as the Pitchfork Rebellion. Ultimately the attempt to overthrow James II was unsuccessful, both of the main protagonists lost their heads, and the overthrow of the king was left to William of Orange in the Glorious Revolution of 1688.
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