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Standard deck of French-suited playing cards with single figure court cards, Lyon pattern
Title
[Standard deck of French-suited playing cards with single figure court cards, Lyon pattern].
Publication
Lyon : [publisher not identified], [1800?]
Physical Description
36 cards : color ; 60 x 40 mm
Medium
woodcut making
stencilling (process)
Local Notes
BEIN PLAYING CARDS GEN 1027: From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards.
Notes
Title devised by cataloger.
Date of publication from Keller.
French suit system.
Composition of deck: 36 (A, K, Q, J, 10-6).
JC: LYON.
Aces: framed suit symbols (AH: shield; AS: 12-point star; AC: elipse; AD: rhombus).
Card backs: plain.
Format
Images
Language
French
Added to Catalog
May 14, 2020
References
Keller, W.B. Catalogue of the Cary Collection of Playing Cards in the Yale University Library, FRA 86
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Playing cards.
Woodcuts.
Miniature playing cards.
Lyon pattern.
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