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Cartes de Suisses

Title
Cartes de Suisses.
Publication
Brusselles : fabriquées par F.I. Van den Borre, [1770?]
Physical Description
78 cards : color ; 120 x 69 mm.
Medium
woodcut making
Local Notes
BEIN BEL32: From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards.
Notes
Title from Ace of Coins.
Latin/Italian suit system.
Composition of deck: 78 [A, K, Q, C, J, 10-2, trumps I-XXI, Fool].
Aces: AD: CARTES DE SUISSES / FABRIQUÉES PAR F.I. / VAN DEN BORRE CARTIER / A BRUXELLES.
Pipcards and Jokers: 4D, lion holds castle symbol; 2D: F.I. VAN DEN BORRE; 2C: POUR CONOISTRE QUE / LA PLUS BASSE DE DE / NIEZ ET DE COUPES. / ENPORTS LES PLUS HA / -UTES QUAND AU FAIT / DU JEU.
Trumps: II: LE'SPAGNOL CAPITANO FRACASSE; V: [boy astride barrel] / BACUS; XII, hanging figure wrong way up; XVI, tree struck by lightning; XVII, navigator holds pair of dividers; XVIII, seated figure holds distaff-like object; XXI, naked figure stands on huge orb.
Tarot de Marseille.
Format
Images
Language
French
Added to Catalog
May 27, 2020
Genre/Form
Playing cards.
Citation

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