Rules of Russian bank . © tinp96 026247 ^ 0 RUSSIAN BANK Legend. It is claimed that the game of RussianBank was first played in China in thetwelfth century. This claim is based uponcertain well-established facts, reasonable as-sumptions and shrewd guesses. The yearis fixed by a statement of the French mis-sionary Evariste Regis Hue, on Page 271,Volume I, of his Travels in Tartary, Thibetand China where he says: ~ Lastly, playing cards—into the origin ofwhich so many learned antiquarians wouldnot have busied themselves to inquire, wereit not that it marked one of the first
Rules of Russian bank . © tinp96 026247 ^ 0 RUSSIAN BANK Legend. It is claimed that the game of RussianBank was first played in China in thetwelfth century. This claim is based uponcertain well-established facts, reasonable as-sumptions and shrewd guesses. The yearis fixed by a statement of the French mis-sionary Evariste Regis Hue, on Page 271,Volume I, of his Travels in Tartary, Thibetand China where he says: ~ Lastly, playing cards—into the origin ofwhich so many learned antiquarians wouldnot have busied themselves to inquire, wereit not that it marked one of the first applica-tions of the art of engraving on wood—wereinvented in China in the year 1120. Other equally famous travellers and arch-aeologists ascribe the invention to othercountries and earlier times; but it is evidentthat this does not invalidate Hues state-ment. The Chinese inventor may neverhave heard of the cards said to have beenused in India as far back as the year800 1 RUSSIAN BANK Of the many designs whicrulesofrussianba00delm_0
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