Standard playing cards (Hans Forster, Vienna, printed sheet c. 1570) (Q13807)

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Q13807

maker

Hans Forster

card type

standard playing cards

Suit system

German-suited

place of origin

Vienna

publication date

1570 (circa)

maker's mark

Bogen a: FORSTER KARTENMALER ZU WIEN · OH: HF · Bogen b (3B): 15 · Bogen c: HANS FORSTER KA · Bogen d (Fragment UH): HF

Described in

A Catalogue of the Cary Collection of Playing Cards in the Yale University Library vol. 1–4 (1981) (cat. no. AUS sheet 32, Bd. 2, 182)

Collection

Cary Collection of Playing Cards (Beinecke Library) (inv. AUS sheet 32)

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

• 
  Druckbogen AUS sheet 32 (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.