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Popish plot
Title
Popish plot.
Publication
England : [publisher not identified], [1679?]
Physical Description
52 cards : black and white ; 89 x 52 mm.
Medium
engraving
Local Notes
BEIN ENG78: From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards. Imperfect: lacking Hearts, Diamonds, and Clubs.
Notes
Title from Keller.
French suit system.
Type: Historical.
Composition of deck: 52 [A, K, Q, J, 10-2].
Aces: Indicated by "I".
CourtCards: Kings, Queens, Jacks with rank in white band at top; Jack of Spades with horizontal and vertical lines on center three windows.
Pip cards: Numbered X-II; 2 of Spades with diagonal lines on end of coffin.
Several variants of the Popish Plot pack exist. The workmanship of the present pack is crude, the impression, fair.
Format
Images
Added to Catalog
April 24, 2020
References
Keller, W.B. Catalogue of the Cary Collection of Playing Cards in the Yale University Library, ENG78
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Playing cards.
Also listed under
Cary Collection of Playing Cards (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
England.
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