Standard playing cards (Robert Morden, London, 1676, I) (Q14040)

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Q14040

Also known as

THE 52 COUNTIES OF ENGLAND AND WALES

maker

Robert Morden

card type

standard playing cards

Suit system

French-suited

number of cards

52

place of origin

London

publication date

1676

Described in

A Catalogue of the Cary Collection of Playing Cards in the Yale University Library vol. 1–4 (1981) (cat. no. ENG 109, Bd. 1, 121)

Collection

Cary Collection of Playing Cards (Beinecke Library) (inv. ENG 109)

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

• 
  Hearts-Jack (French)
• 
  Spades-Queen (French)
• 
  Spades-Jack (French)

Tax stamps

At the time of this pack (1676), London belonged to the territory of Königreich England. No playing-card tax system is recorded for this territory at this time — so there are no tax stamps to look for here.