[Uncut sheet of 19th century playing cards].

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Title: [Uncut sheet of 19th century playing cards].
Creator: Jäger, Ludwig Joseph, active 1875-1893, playing card maker
Contributor: Cary Collection of Playing Cards (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
Published / Created: [1865?]
Publication Place: Pressburg [Slovakia] and Slovakia Bratislava
Publisher: L.J. Jäger
Description: BEIN AUSsheet65: From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards.
Title devised by cataloger.
Uncut sheet of 32 cards [D, K, O, U, 10-7].
German suit system.
Original design.
Aces: Daus of Hearts, crown of Hungary; Daus of Bells, allegorical figure; Daus of Acorns, double eagle; Daus of Leaves, heraldic device of Hungary.
Court cards: Kings of Hearts-Leaves: Apaa; Bela; Kudicha; Attila; Obers of Hearts-Leaves: Zryni; Szadary; Juranitsch / Fab. v. L. J. Jäger in Pressburg; Alapy; Unters of Hearts-Leaves: Scandaweg; Mathias Covinus; Kara Mustapfa; Scholowitsch.
Extent: 32 prints on 1 sheet : 82 x 49 mm, sheet 350 x 445 mm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Slovak

Genre: Specimens
Playing cards
Material: black and white ; and engraving
Resource Type: text and still image
Subject (Geographic): Slovakia
Subject (Topic): Playing cards
Subjects: Playing cards > Slovakia > Specimens
Cary, Melbert B., Jr., 1892-1941 > Ownership
Cary, Mary Flagler > Ownership

Access: Public
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