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Deck of playing cards showing saints and miracles
Title
[Deck of playing cards showing saints and miracles].
Publication
England : [publisher not identified], [1710?]
Physical Description
cards : black and white ; 93 x 60 mm.
Medium
engraving
Local Notes
BEIN ENG120: From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards. Imperfect: the 3 of Clubs is damaged.
Notes
Title devised by cataloger.
French suit system.
Type: Original design.
Composition of deck: 52 [A, K, Q, J, 10-2].
Stencil coloration (hearts, diamonds).
Tax stamp on Ace of Spades, red: [filigree, crown] / VI Pence.
Each card illustrates a "miracle" from the life of a saint, together with a brief description and four lines of verse. The cards are violently anti-Catholic. A standard card occupies the upper left corner of each card (23 x 15 mm).
Format
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Added to Catalog
April 29, 2020
References
Keller, W.B. Catalogue of the Cary Collection of Playing Cards in the Yale University Library, ENG120
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Playing cards.
Tax stamps (Printing)
Also listed under
Cary Collection of Playing Cards (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
England London.
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