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Astronomia

Title
Astronomia.
Publication
London, England : F. G. Moon, 20, Threadneedle Street, 1829.
Physical Description
52 cards : color ; 96 x 64 mm + 1 pamphlet (32 pages ; 95 x65 mm)
Medium
engraving
Local Notes
BEIN ENG64: From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards. Hand colloration.
Notes
Title from Keller.
Suit system: Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter.
Type: Game.
Composition of deck: 52 [4 seasons, each with a zodical sign, a luminary, and the planets], instruction booklet, 1831 edition.
Slip case: ASTRONOMIA / [woman with scientific instruments looks at the moon] / LONDON / PUBLISHED BY F.G. MOON, 20, THREADNEEDLE STREET / 1829 / [zodiacal signs]; outer slip case, black.
The zodiacal sign cards are of greater value than the other cards. The composition of the suits as as follows: Spring (blue): Aries, Luna, Jupiter, Saturn, Herschel, Tellus, Venus, Mars, Mercury, Pallas, Juno, Ceres, Vesta. The remaining suits are composed in the same way, except for the first two cards: Summer (red): Cancer, The Sun; Autumn (yellow): Libra, The Comet; Winter (white); Capicorn, The Orbits.
Instruction book accompanying the Astronomia card deck: Explanation of the celestial cards, and of two of the games in which they are used; viz. Conjunction and Combination: to which is prefixed a brief introduction of astronomy. Second edition. London: F.G. Moon, 1831.
Format
Images
Added to Catalog
April 30, 2020
References
Keller, W.B. Catalogue of the Cary Collection of Playing Cards in the Yale University Library, ENG64
Genre/Form
Playing cards.
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