[Standard deck of playing cards with French suits and single figure court cards, Lyon pattern].

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10562623

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Title: [Standard deck of playing cards with French suits and single figure court cards, Lyon pattern].
Creator: Valentin‏, Claude, 1616-1684, playing card maker
Contributor: Cary Collection of Playing Cards (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
Published / Created: [1660?]
Publication Place: Lyons and France Lyon
Publisher: Claude Valentin
Description: BEIN PLAYING CARDS GEN 1031: Imperfect: 23 cards only (KS-JS, 8S, 5S; KH-JH, 9H-5H; KD, JD; AC-JC, 8C-5C). Hand-drawn color illustrations of cartomanic figures on versos of cards. From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards.
Title devised by cataloger.
Date of publication from Keller.
French suit system.
Composition of deck: 52 (A, K, Q, J, 10-2).
JS, JC: Claude Valentin.
Provenance: Mary Flagler Cary; 1967.
Extent: 52 cards : 89 x 55 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been partially digitized.
Language: French

Genre: Specimens
Early works to 1800
Playing cards
Lyon pattern
Woodcuts
Secondary use playing cards
Material: color ;, woodcut making, and stencilling (process)
Resource Type: text and still image
Subject (Geographic): France
Subject (Topic): Playing cards
Subjects: Playing cards > France > Specimens > Early works to 1800
Cary, Melbert B., Jr., 1892-1941 > Ownership
Cary, Mary Flagler > Ownership

Access: Public
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