Standard playing cards (Christof Forster, Vienna, printed sheet c. 1570) (Q13805)

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Q13805

maker

Christoph Forster

card type

standard playing cards

Suit system

German-suited

place of origin

Vienna

publication date

1570 (circa)

maker's mark

Fragmente a: GLICK HAT NEIT · Bogen c: CHRISTOF FOSTER KARTENMALER ZU WIEN

Described in

A Catalogue of the Cary Collection of Playing Cards in the Yale University Library vol. 1–4 (1981) (cat. no. AUS sheet 30, Bd. 2, 181)

Collection

Cary Collection of Playing Cards (Beinecke Library) (inv. AUS sheet 30)

Source

A Catalogue of the Cary Collection of Playing Cards in the Yale University Library vol. 1–4 (1981)

Rights status

work in the public domain

Cards

• 
  Acorns-King (German)
• 
  Acorns-Ober (German)
• 
  Acorns-Ober (German)
• 
  Acorns-10 (German)
• 
  Leaves-King (German)
• 
  Leaves-Unter (German)
• 
  Leaves-10 (German)
• 
  Hearts-King (German)
• 
  Hearts-Unter (German)
• 
  Hearts-10 (German)
• 
  Bells-King (German)
• 
  Bells-Unter (German)
• 
  Bells-10 (German)
• 
  Single card
• 
  Single card
• 
  Single card
• 
  Druckbogen AUS sheet 30 (Keller, Cary Collection)

Tax stamps

At the time of this pack (1570), Wien belonged to the territory of Habsburgermonarchie. No playing-card tax system is recorded for this territory at this time — so there are no tax stamps to look for here.