Ancien Tarot de Marseille

Description

Title: Ancien Tarot de Marseille
Contributor: Marteau, Paul.
B. P. Grimaud (Firm), playing card maker.
Cary Collection of Playing Cards (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
Published / Created: [1930?]
Publication Place: Paris and France Paris
Publisher: B. P. Grimaud
Description: BEIN PLAYING CARDS GEN 1316: Cary's original reference number on case: "F-223". Ms. annotation on case in Melbert B. Cary's hand: "1/1/38 Gift Marteau". From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards.
Title from box.
Date of publication from Keller.
Italian suit system.
Composition of deck: 78 (A, K, Q, C, J, 10-2, trumps I-XXI, Fool).
Courts: B. P. GRIMAUD. PARIS.
2D: 1748 / B. P. GRIMAUD / 1930.
Single figure trumps: B. P. GRIMAUD. PARIS; VII: S.M.
Card backs: swirls and dots, green and light green.
Issued in box, brown: [label] B. P. GRIMAUD / ANCIEN TAROT / DE MARSEILLE / PARIS.
Provenance: Mary Flagler Cary; 1967.
Extent: 78 cards : 119 x 62 mm, in box 128 x 70 x 42 mm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: French

Genre: Specimens
Playing cards
Tarot cards
Tarot de Marseille
Lithographs
Material: color ; and lithography
Resource Type: text and still image
Subject (Geographic): France
Subject (Topic): Playing cards
Subjects: Playing cards > France > Specimens
Cary, Melbert B., Jr., 1892-1941 > Ms. notes
Cary, Mary Flagler > Ownership
Marteau, Paul > Ownership

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