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1.
A geographical description of the world : on 32 cards ; embellished with the dresses of the various

Published / Created:
[1815?]
Call Number:
PLAYING CARDS GEN 397
Image Count:
35
Resource Type:
text and still image
Description:
BEIN PLAYING CARDS GEN 133: Title label on case shaved with place of publication wanting. Formerly owned by Julia Parker Wightman. From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards., Title from slipcase., and Date inferred from reference to the re-establishment of a "legitimate monarchy" in France.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England, Asia, Europe, Africa, and America
Subject (Topic):
Playing Cards, Manners and customs, Costume, and Description and travel
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A geographical description of the world : on 32 cards ; embellished with the dresses of the various nations

3.
Astrophilogeon [game] : a game of science and amusement.

Published / Created:
1828
Call Number:
PLAYING CARDS GEN 194
Image Count:
4
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
30 constellation cards; 30 country cards., Bookplate of Julia Parker Wightman in volume. From the Julia Parker Wightman Card Collection., Hand-coloured engraved playing cards are enclosed in a brown cardboard slipcase with an engraved paper label on the front and a blind-stamped decoration on the back., and Title from engraved paper label on slipcase.
Publisher:
Published by C. Hodges, 27, Portman Street, Portman Square,
Subject (Name):
Wightman, Julia P.--(Julia Parker),--1909-1994--Ownership
Subject (Topic):
Card games, Constellations, Playing cards, and Playing cards--Specimens
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Astrophilogeon [game] : a game of science and amusement.

4.
Grand jeu de la géographie avec costumes coloriées.

Published / Created:
[1830?]
Call Number:
PLAYING CARDS GEN 132
Image Count:
28
Resource Type:
text and still image
Description:
BEIN PLAYING CARDS GEN 132: Title card pasted to sleeve. Formerly owned by Julia Parker Wightman. From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards. and Title card and 25 numbered cards depicting inhabitants of various countries.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
France, Asia, Europe, Africa, and America
Subject (Topic):
Playing cards and Description and travel
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Grand jeu de la géographie avec costumes coloriées.

5.
Nouvelle chronologie de l'histoire grecque

Published / Created:
[1810?]
Call Number:
PLAYING CARDS GEN 85
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
text and still image
Description:
BEIN PLAYING CARDS GEN 85: Repaired with tape on verso. Folded and tipped into cardboard folder (21 x 14 cm) with title: Nouvelle chronologie des grands hommes de la Grèce. From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards., Uncut sheet of 25 numbered game cards and a publisher vignette, with the title across the top., "Fabrique un assortiment d'images, jeux instructifs et amusans, à l'usage de la jeunesse et jeux de Société"--Publisher vignette., and On each of the cards are three portraits of historical or mythical figures of the classical Greek period, with explanatory text printed below.
Publisher:
Delion, Rue Copeaux, N°. 15, près le Jardin des Plantes
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Name):
Darius I, King of Persia, 548 B.C.-485 B.C.
Subject (Topic):
Playing cards and Mythology, Greek
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Nouvelle chronologie de l'histoire grecque

6.
Nouvelle chronologie de l'histoire romaine

Published / Created:
[1810?]
Call Number:
PLAYING CARDS GEN 92
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
text and still image
Alternative Title:
Grand jeu de l'histoire romaine and Jeu de l'histoire des empereurs
Description:
BEIN PLAYING CARDS GEN 92: Folded and tipped into cardboard folder (21 x 14 cm) with title: Nouvelle chronologie de l'histoire romaine depuis Romulus jusqu'à Constantin. From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards., Uncut sheet of 25 numbered game cards and a publisher vignette, with the title across the top., "Fabrique un assortiment d'images, jeux instructifs et amusans, à l'usage de la jeunesse et jeux de Société"--Publisher vignette., and On each of the cards are three portraits of historical and mythical figures from the classical Roman period, with explanatory text printed below.
Publisher:
Delion, Rue Copeaux, N.° 15, près le Jardin des Plantes
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Name):
Romulus, King of Rome. and Constantine I, Emperor of Rome, -337.
Subject (Topic):
Playing cards and Mythology, Roman
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Nouvelle chronologie de l'histoire romaine

7.
[Collection of pictorial conundrum cards] [graphic].

Published / Created:
[between 1820 and 1840?]
Call Number:
724 820C
Image Count:
3
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A collection of pictorial conundrum cards from various unidentified sets of cards trimmed from larger sheets of etched images; also a single drawing signed "R. Ck." suggesting it is his work on the largest set (incomplete) of 19 cards. The other four sets, also incomplete, are grouped by the similarity in style and letterforms. All cards contain a humorously named person with an image and a riddle. Presumably the sheet from which these images were cut contained the answers to the riddles. Queen Victoria and Sir Edwin Eglinton (the Eglinton Tournament 1839) suggest the possible date of 1840
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Each card shows an illustration and a query., Date range estimated base on pictorial images and design., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Playing cards
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Collection of pictorial conundrum cards] [graphic].

8.
[Original designs for conundrum cards] [art original]

Published / Created:
[approximately 1825]
Call Number:
Drawings C89 no. 2 Shelved in Object Room A:A
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A set of original designs by Robert Cruikshank, for an unrecorded series of conundrum cards. The eight designs are all inscribed with a number (the highest being 170) and the name of the character, but all lack the 1- or 2-line conundrum
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Each card annotated in pencil or ink, signed ‘RCk.', and Date from dealer's description.
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Original designs for conundrum cards] [art original]

9.
[Uncut sheet of 18th century French game cards depicting personalities and events of the era of

Published / Created:
[1710]
Call Number:
FRAsheet190
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
text and still image
Description:
BEIN FRAsheet190: From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards., Title devised by cataloger., and Two uncut sheets of 32 cards.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Topic):
Playing cards
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Uncut sheet of 18th century French game cards depicting personalities and events of the era of Napoleon III].