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Two woodcut blocks for Italo-Spanish suited playing cards
Title
[Two woodcut blocks for Italo-Spanish suited playing cards]
Production
[1675?]
Physical Description
2 printing blocks ; 336 x 333 x 30mm and 339 x 321 x 29 mm.
Medium
wood
Local Notes
BEIN FRAblock10a, b: From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards.
Notes
Title devised by cataloger.
Two wooden blocks each engraved to print 24 playing cards (Block a: Ace of Swords, Ace of Coins, and Ace of Cups; Kings, Cavaliers, and Jacks of all four suits; 9-5 of Swords; 9, 8, 7, and 5 of Coins. Block b: 5-2 of Swords; 9-2 of Batons; 6, 4, 3, and 2 of Coins; 9-2 of Cups); card 85 x 53 mm.
Type: Marseille/Morocco (Kings' feet are hidden by their robes; Jack of Coins, animal in the background).
Format
Other
Language
French
Added to Catalog
September 23, 2020
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Printing blocks.
Also listed under
Cary Collection of Playing Cards (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
France.
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