Belgian Animal Tarock deck

Description

Title: Belgian Animal Tarock deck
Creator: Galler, Jean-Baptiste, playing card maker
Contributor: Cary Collection of Playing Cards (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
Published / Created: [1760?]
Publication Place: Brussels and Belgium Brussels
Publisher: Jean Galler
Description: BEIN BEL21: Imperfect: lacking AH; 6H; trumps. From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards.
Title devised by cataloger.
French suit system.
Composition of deck: 78 [A, K, Q, C, J, 10-2, trumps I-XXI, Fool].
CourtCards: KS gestures with right hand; JS: JEAN GALLER; JH holds standard with left hand; JG.
Belgian Animal Tarot.
Tax stamp on Ace of Spades, black.
Extent: 78 cards : 115 x 60 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been partially digitized.
Language: French

Genre: Specimens
Early works to 1800
Pictorial works
Tax stamps (Printing)
Playing cards
Material: color ;, woodcut making, and stenciling (process)
Resource Type: text and still image
Subject (Geographic): Belgium
Subject (Topic): Playing cards
Tarot (Game)
Animals
Subjects: Playing cards > Belgium > Specimens > Early works to 1800
Tarot (Game) > Specimens > Early works to 1800
Animals > Pictorial works
Cary, Melbert B., Jr., 1892-1941 > Ownership
Cary, Mary Flagler > Ownership

Access: Public
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