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Austrian Tarock playing cards
Title
[Austrian Tarock playing cards].
Publication
Wien : Joh. Georg Steiger vormals Hofmann, 1844.
Physical Description
54 cards : color ; 103 x 56 mm
Medium
engraving
stenciling (process)
Local Notes
BEIN PLAYING CARDS GEN 922: Imperfect: 36 cards only (AD; QS; QH, JH; K-JC; 9S; 4D; trumps I, II, VII, IX, XIII, XVI, XVII, XIX wanting). Tax stamps on Ace of Hearts: black: W / KARTEN / 20K / 1844; purple: Deutsches Reich. Nr. 109 / [eagle]. From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards.
Notes
Title devised by cataloger.
Stamp on AH, black: I.G. Steiger / Wien 1844.
French suit system.
Composition of deck: 54 (AH, AD, K, Q, C, J, 10-7S, 4-2H, 4-2D, 10-7C, trumps I-XXI, Fool).
JD: Joh. Georg Steiger / vormals Hofmann. // In der untern Breuner / Strasse No. 1132.
Variable double figure trumps.
Card backs: Card backs: Wiener Halbmond (crescents and dots), red.
Format
Images
Language
German
Added to Catalog
July 24, 2020
References
Keller, W.B. Catalogue of the Cary Collection of Playing Cards in the Yale University Library, AUS 44
Reisinger, K. Tarocke, volume 4, page 282
Subjects
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Playing cards.
Tarot cards.
Austrian Tarock.
Engravings.
Tax stamps
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