[Deck of 48 playing cards with German suits and single figure court cards].

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Title: [Deck of 48 playing cards with German suits and single figure court cards].
Creator: Voigt, Andreas, playing card maker
Contributor: Cary Collection of Playing Cards (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
Published / Created: 1584.
Publication Place: Schweinnitz and Germany Schweinitz (Saxony-Anhalt)
Publisher: Andreas Voigt
Description: BEIN PLAYING CARDS GEN 1340: Imperfect: UB, OA, DH, DL, 7L, 7L, 3H, and 6H, 5H wormed. From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards.
Title devised by cataloger.
Three uncut sheets of 16 cards each, arranged in 4 rows of 4 columns: a), black and white: Ks mounted; Os and Us, soldiers (Landsknechte); 10L, Leda with swan; b), black and white: 2L, deer; DH, coat of arms: MR; DA, lion holding a shield with boer crest: ANDREAS VOIGT; 9H: SCHWEINNITZ; c), color: 3H: 1584; 4H, romantic couple; 6H, jester's head.
German suit system.
Composition of deck: 48 (D, K, O, U, 10-3).
Provenance: Mary Flagler Cary; 1967.
Extent: 3 prints : 325 x 200 mm, cards 80 x 48 mm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: German

Genre: Specimens
Early works to 1800
Pictorial works
Playing cards
Woodcuts
Material: color ;, laid paper., woodcut making, and stenciling (process)
Resource Type: text
still image
Subject (Geographic): Germany
Subject (Topic): Playing cards
Soldiers
German mercenaries
Subjects: Playing cards > Germany > Specimens > Early works to 1800
Soldiers > 16th century > Pictorial works > Early works to 1800
German mercenaries > Pictorial works > Early works to 1800
Cary, Melbert B., Jr., 1892-1941 > Ownership
Cary, Mary Flagler > Ownership

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