Feine deutsche Karten

Description

Title: Feine deutsche Karten
Creator: Grassau, J.F., playing card maker
Contributor: Cary Collection of Playing Cards (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
Published / Created: [1800?]
Publication Place: In Braunschweig and Germany Braunschweig
Publisher: fabricirt bey J. F. Grassau
Description: BEIN GER554: From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards.
Title from wrapper.
German suit system.
Type: original design.
Composition of deck: 36 [D, K, O, U, 10-6].
Issued in wrapper: Feine / Deutsche-karten/ Fabricirt bey / J. F. Grassau / in Braunschweig.
Aces: Naked figures on aces.
CourtCards: Ks are seated; OH holds three-cornered hat; UH smokes long pipe; OB takes snuff; UB holds bird in the right hand; UA holds bottle and glass; UL is completely enclosed in a cloak.
Pipcards: 10s indicated by "X"; 10, 9H with 4 and 3 blue pips; naked figure in vignettes.
Extent: 36 cards : 97 x 57 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: German

Genre: Specimens
Early works to 1800
Playing cards
Material: color ;, woodcut making, and stenciling (process)
Resource Type: text and still image
Subject (Geographic): Germany
Subject (Topic): Playing cards
Subjects: Playing cards > Germany > Specimens > Early works to 1800
Cary, Melbert B., Jr., 1892-1941 > Ownership
Cary, Mary Flagler > Ownership

Access: Public
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