Thierry Depaulis

• A brief history of playing cards -- By Thierry Depaulis. (In French) (more)
• Il gioco di primiera -- a "motetto a 3 voci, due tenori e basso", composed by Carlo Grossi (1681). Microsoft Word format, transcribed by Thierry Depaulis (more)
• Maproom Publications -- Publishers of a couple of books specifically on the subject of the early history of the Tarot deck and its games. (more)
• Transcription of "Jeu de prime de Lyon" -- Microsoft Word format, transcribed by Thierry Depaulis (more)
• CAPITOLO SOPRA il gioco di Primiera -- by Giulio Mantoano (probably c.1560). Microsoft Word format, transcribed by Thierry Depaulis (more)
• Modernized version of "Jeu de prime de Lyon" -- Microsoft Word format, transcribed by Thierry Depaulis (more)
• An excerpt from a mid-18th century book on Minchiate, with rules for Prime -- Microsoft Word format, transcribed by Thierry Depaulis (more)
• Regles du Jeu des Tarots -- Transcription by Thierry Depaulis of the earliest printed rules for Tarot. (French) (more)