Deck of Animal Tarock cards

Description

Title: Deck of Animal Tarock cards
Creator: Fetscher, Anton, playing card maker
Contributor: Cary Collection of Playing Cards (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
Published / Created: [1770?]
Publication Place: Minchen and Germany Munich
Publisher: Antontoni Fedtcher
Description: BEIN GER35: Imperfect: XX cards wanting (Ace of Spades, Ace of Clubs, King of Diamonds, 6-2 of Spades, 5-2 of Clubs, 10-5 of Diamonds, and 10-5 of Hearts). From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards.
Title devised by cataloger.
Name of playing card maker and place of publication from Jack of Clubs.
French suit system.
Composition of deck: 78 [A, K, Q, C, J, 10-2, trumps I-XXI, Fool].
King of Spades with sun face on chest; Queen of Spades in left profile, with fleurs-de-lis; Jack of Spades with leaping dog; King of Hearts with orb and sword, Münchener Kindl on chest; King of Clubs with shield at feet.
Trump I depicts jester carrying rack of wursts; IV, cat and bird; XVI, bird and fountain; XXI, man with bear and pole.
Extent: 78 cards : 111 x 60 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been partially digitized.
Language: German

Genre: Specimens
Early works to 1800
Pictorial works
Playing cards
Material: color ;, woodcut making, and stenciling (process)
Resource Type: text and still image
Subject (Geographic): Germany
Subject (Topic): Playing cards
Tarot (Game)
Animals
Subjects: Playing cards > Germany > 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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