Astronomia
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10995117
Description
- Title
- Astronomia
- Creator
- Moon, Francis Graham, Sir, 1796-1871, playing card maker
- Contributor
- Cary Collection of Playing Cards (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
- Published / Created
- 1829.
- Publication Place
- London, England and England London
- Publisher
- F. G. Moon, 20, Threadneedle Street
- Description
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BEIN ENG64: From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards. Hand colloration.
Title from Keller.
Suit system: Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter.
Type: Game.
Composition of deck: 52 [4 seasons, each with a zodical sign, a luminary, and the planets], instruction booklet, 1831 edition.
Slip case: ASTRONOMIA / [woman with scientific instruments looks at the moon] / LONDON / PUBLISHED BY F.G. MOON, 20, THREADNEEDLE STREET / 1829 / [zodiacal signs]; outer slip case, black.
The zodiacal sign cards are of greater value than the other cards. The composition of the suits as as follows: Spring (blue): Aries, Luna, Jupiter, Saturn, Herschel, Tellus, Venus, Mars, Mercury, Pallas, Juno, Ceres, Vesta. The remaining suits are composed in the same way, except for the first two cards: Summer (red): Cancer, The Sun; Autumn (yellow): Libra, The Comet; Winter (white); Capicorn, The Orbits.
Instruction book accompanying the Astronomia card deck: Explanation of the celestial cards, and of two of the games in which they are used; viz. Conjunction and Combination: to which is prefixed a brief introduction of astronomy. Second edition. London: F.G. Moon, 1831. - Extent
- 52 cards : 96 x 64 mm + 1 pamphlet (32 pages ; 95 x65 mm)
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- ENG64
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Specimens
Early works to 1800
Playing cards - Material
- color ; and engraving
- Resource Type
- text and still image
- Subject (Geographic)
- England
- Subject (Topic)
- Playing cards
- Subjects
-
Playing cards > England > Specimens > Early works to 1800
Cary, Melbert B., Jr., 1892-1941 > Ownership
Cary, Mary Flagler > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 15010929
- Object ID (OID)
- 10995117
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