Artifice, ruse, and subterfuge at the card table : a treatise on the science and art of manipulating cards
Artifice, Ruse, and Subterfuge at the Card Table is a 1905 Chicago manual on card manipulation and sleight of hand, written under the pseudonym S. W. Erdnase and published by Frederick J. Drake & Co. for performers and card players. Its pictures are plain line drawings of hands handling playing cards, with simple shading and hatching on the cards and cuffs. A designer could take from them a clean, instructional style built around gesture, where close hand poses explain each move.
