Bureaux Typographique

Two objects on view at the Winter Show that have defied the odds when it comes to survival are two wooden chests, each with more than a hundred slots containing thousands of adapted playing cards at Daniel Crouch Rare Books. Part of the Jean Verame Playing-Card Collection—recognized as the largest playing card collection in private hands—the bureaux date from 1789 and 1782. There are only four extant in the world, and Daniel Crouch is steward to three. Read the full Artnet article here.