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Heraldic card deck
Title
[Heraldic card deck]
Publication
England : [publisher not identified], [1667?]
Physical Description
53 cards : black and white ; 84 x 51 mm.
Medium
engraving
Local Notes
BEIN ENG74: From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards.
Notes
Title devised by cataloger.
French suit system.
Type: Historical.
Composition of deck: 52 [A, K, Q, J, 10-2], descriptive card.
Tax stamp on Ace of Spades, red: [crown] / VI Pence.
CourtCards: P-Prince (jack); Kings, crowned suit signs; King of Hearts: The KING of ENGLAND; King of Clubs with the arms of Pope Clement IX.
Heraldry cards known as the British Brianville deck.
Variant and related titles
Known as: British Brianville deck
Known as: Lenthall deck no. 1
Format
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Added to Catalog
April 22, 2020
References
Keller, W.B. Catalogue of the Cary Collection of Playing Cards in the Yale University Library, ENG74
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Playing cards.
Tax stamps (Printing)
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