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from The Game of Hope, c. 1799

Das Buch. A closed book bound in red with gilt edges. Insets: ten of bells, marked with the Roman X, and ten of diamonds. Secrets and learning, a book that stays shut; the card has meant undisclosed knowledge since readers first took the game up as an oracle.

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