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I Giochi Numerici Fatti Arcani by Giuseppe Antonio Alberti, 1747
 
'I Giochi Numerici Fatti Arcani' by Giuseppe Antonio Alberti was published by Bartolomeo Borghi in Bologna in 1747. It is clearly closely related to the 1723 edition of 'Récréations mathématiques et physiques' by Jaques Ozanam.

A full copy can be found online here.

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Analysis

Troublewit

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The Cherries Puzzle

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While it is not completely clear how the instructions / illustrations shown here are to be translated / interpreted, I believe it is most likely that they are intended to be for the How to make a Chain from a Playing Card effect.

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