Animal Tarock deckPerrin, Conrad Josué, playing card maker[1770?]gerBEIN GER50: Imperfect: 6 of Spades wanting. 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].Tax stamp on Ace of Hearts, redCourtCards: KS with sun face on cheest, fleurs-de-lis; JS with leaping dog; KH with orb, sword, eagle; KD: BERLIN / [fleurs-de-lis]; KC with fleurs-de-lis, Bavarian checkered pattern on shields; JC holds small device displaying Berlin bear: Conrad Josue Perrin. Kings retain their flat, two dimensional aspect while the other courts are presented in a naturalistic manner.Trumps: Trump I depicts jester holding rack of wursts; IV, bird and cat; VI, eagle; XX, soldier with cap: FR; XXI, figure with bear and pole.The courts are related to the Paris style; the trumps are quite similar to contemporary Bavarian packs. See D. Hoffmann and E. Kroppenstedt 1967.