Pastime cards

Description

Title: Pastime cards
Creator: Lenthall, John, 1683-1765, playing card maker
Contributor: Cary Collection of Playing Cards (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
Published / Created: [1710?]
Publication Place: England
Publisher: John Lenthall?
Description: BEIN ENG141: Imperfect: lacking 9 of Spades, 5 of Hearts. From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards.
Title from Keller.
French suit system.
Type: Original design.
Composition of deck: 52 [A, K, Q, J, 10-2].
Standard card 24 x 19 mm in upper left corner of each card.
Tax stamp on Ace of Spades, red: [crown, filigree] / VI Pence.
Extent: 52 cards : 90 x 57 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.

Genre: Specimens
Early works to 1800
Playing cards
Tax stamps (Printing)
Material: black and white ; and engraving
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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