BEIN HOL28: Imperfect: ace of marigolds; jack of shields; king of quatrefoils, queen of marigolds; 6, 2 of grapes; 10, 9, 2 of shields; 7, 3 of quatrefoils; 10, 6 of marigolds. From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards., Title devised by cataloger., Suit system: grapes, shields, quatrefoils, marigolds., Type: original design., Composition of deck: 52 [A, K, Q, J, 10-2], CourtCards: Ks (except king of marigolds), Qs seated., and A single French suit sign appears at the bottom of each card. The cards are intended to provide instruction in Latin. Pips are incorporated into the design of each card.
Humphreys, James Y., 1783?-1850, playing card maker
Published / Created:
[1800?]
Call Number:
USA204
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
text and still image
Description:
BEIN USA204: From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards., Title from Ace of Spades., French suit system., Type: Historical., Composition of deck: 52 [A, K, Q, J, 10-2]., Aces: AS: [eagle] / E. PLURIBUS UNUM / [pip] / J.Y. HUMPHREYS., and CourtCards: KS: Andrew Jackson; QS: Athena; JS: King Phillip; KH: George Washington; QH: Venus; JH: Red Jacket; KD: John Quincy Adams; QD: Justice; JD: Gy-ant-wachia; KC: Thomas Jefferson; QC: Ceres; JC: Joseph Brant.
BEIN ENG38 : From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards., Title devised by cataloger., Latin/Italian suit system, modified (swords, wands, pentacles, cups), Type: Cartomancy., Composition of deck: 78 [A, K, Q, C, J, 10-2, trumps I-XXI, Fool]., CourtCards: Cavaliers are called knights; jacks are labelled pages., Pipcards and Jokers: Pip cards numbered X-II., Trumps: Single figure trumps; II: THE HIGH PRIESTESS; V: THE HIEROPHANT., The cards appeared originally with Waite's Pictorial Key to the Tarot, 1910. All cards bear the designer's monogram. Suits of batons and money are labelled wands and pentacles., and Label indicates that the pack was printed in Great Britian and distributed by the Church of Light, Los Angeles.
Erratic ecologies field station and Emergent apparatus for speculative research
Description:
BEIN 2020 +3: Edition no. 1; with copper printing plate, as issued. Signed by the artists., Title from container., "Comprising sixty two copper-foiled episodes; two lengths of solid copper bar; one block of quarried Stony Creek granite; one archival blueprint"--Container., and "A published event ... on the occasion of their 31 days as Ruth Stephan Fellows at the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscipt Library, Yale University, CT"--Blueprint.
BEIN GER262: From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards., Title from Daus of Acorns: Extra feine Schwerdter Karte., German suit system., Type: Saxon., Composition of deck: 36 [D, K, O, U, 10-6]., Aces: Daus of Hearts, crossed swords; Daus of Bells, loving couple and third person; Daus of Acorns: Extra feine Schwerdter Karte; Daus of Leaves, coat of arms., Pip Cards: 10s indicated by "X"; 8H: Carl Heinr. Zoelcke / in / Leipzig., and Tax stamp on 7 of Bells, black: KARTEN / STEMPEL / [heraldic device ] / 2 GR.
BEIN AUSsheet28: From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards., Title devised by cataloger., Suit system: German., Type: Saxon., Each sheet contains two of each: 18, Daus, King, Ober, Unter; 6 of Hearts, 6 of Leaves; 10-7 of Hearts, 10-6 of Bells, 10-6 of Acorns, 10-7 of Leaves., Aces: Daus of Bells, loving couple discovered by third person; Daus of Acorns, lion: Feine deutsche Karten / F. ENTNER / in / PROSZNITZ., and 10s indicated by "X"; 7 of Hearts: FR. ENTNER / IN PROSSNITZ.
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., and Pipcards: 10s indicated by "X"; 10, 9H with 4 and 3 blue pips; naked figure in vignettes.
BEIN GER235: From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards., Title from Duece of Acorns. Feine Solo-Karte, German suit system., Type: Saxon., Composition of deck: 32 [D, K, O, U, 10-7]., Duece of Hearts with miniature cards; Duece of Bells, loving couple and third person; Duece of Acorns: Feine Solo-Karte; Duece of Leaves: heraldic device., CourtCards: Unters hold swords., 10s indicated by "X"; 8 of Hearts: BW Oeser / in / Bautzen., and Stamp on Unter of Acorns, black: B: KARTEN: / STEMPEL / [heraldic device] / 1847 / 2 1/ 2 NGR.
