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Woodcut blocks for Besançon tarot cards
Title
[Woodcut blocks for Besançon tarot cards]
Production
[1780?]
Physical Description
4 printing blocks ; 362 x 254 x 32 mm.
Medium
wood
Local Notes
BEIN GERblocks7a-d: From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards.
Notes
Title devised by cataloger.
Four wooden blocks engraved to print 48 playing cards (all four suits of Aces, Kings, and Queens (block a); all four suits of Cavaliers and Jacks, trumps I-IV (block b); 8-3 of Swords and 8-3 of Batons (block c); 8-3 of Coins and 8-3 of Cups (block d)); card 114 x 61 mm.
Italian suit system.
Single figure trumps; II: Iunon; IIII: Io / seph / Hense / le Ka. / Ma. in / Rauns.
Format
Other
Language
French
Added to Catalog
September 24, 2020
Subjects
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Genre/Form
Printing blocks.
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