They also come in the same number of cards as Genoese ones. The Piedmontese pattern was one time used in neighboring Savoy as both were previously united until France annexed the latter in 1860. Samuel Hart was born to a family who had been booksellers and stationers in Philadelphia since 1831. Samuel Hart was to become acquainted with the business of stationary and paper manufacture from an early age. Among his family, were true masters of paper making and printing, and they had relatives from New York to Philadelphia involved in th...
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