Geograficheskii︠a︡ karty Rossii and Географическiя карты Россiи

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Title: Geograficheskii︠a︡ karty Rossii
Географическiя карты Россiи
Creator: Gribanov, Konstantin Matveevich, 1797- designer
Грибанов, Константин Матвеевич, 1797-
Contributor: Cary Collection of Playing Cards (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
Published / Created: [1830]
Publication Place: Saint Petersburg and Russia Saint Petersburg
Publisher: publisher not identified
Description: BEIN PLAYING CARDS GEN 908: Imperfect: King of Diamonds wanting. From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards.
Title from digital surrogate.
French suit system.
Composition of deck: 52 (A, K, Q, J, 10-2), 8 extra cards.
Card backs: maps of regions surrounding the cities described on the front.
A deck of cards, of which 52 display small French suited playing card insets in the upper right hand corner, the arms of an important Russian province, a list of the principal towns and villages, and a figure in native costume. The remaining eight cards bear arms of outlying regions and provide a key to the symbols used on the maps on the backs of the cards.
Extent: 60 cards : 90 x 59 mm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Russian

Genre: Specimens
Pictorial works
Playing cards
Educational games
Maps
Engravings
Material: hand colored ; and engraving
Resource Type: text
still image
Subject (Geographic): Russia
Subject (Topic): Playing cards
Costume
Description and travel
Subjects: Playing cards > Russia > Specimens
Costume > Russia > Pictorial works
Russia > Description and travel
Cary, Melbert B., Jr., 1892-1941 > Ownership
Cary, Mary Flagler > Ownership

Access: Public
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