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Deck of alphabetic instruction playing cards
Title
[Deck of alphabetic instruction playing cards].
Publication
France : [publisher not identified], [1795?].
Physical Description
32 cards : color ; 80 x 52 mm.
Medium
woodcut making
stencilling (process)
Local Notes
BEIN FRA320: From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards.
Notes
Title devised by cataloger.
French suit system.
Type: Original design.
Composition of deck: 32 [A, K, Q, J, 10-7].
Standard cards (57 x 37 mm) in upper left of each card.
Symbols of royalty have been eliminated or altered on courts. One zodical sign is indicated on each card.
Each card instructs in the usage of a letter of the alphabet.
Format
Images
Added to Catalog
June 23, 2020
References
Keller, W.B. Catalogue of the Cary Collection of Playing Cards in the Yale University Library, FRA320
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Educational games.
Also listed under
Cary Collection of Playing Cards (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
France.
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