Standard playing cards (John Lenthall, London, c. 1717, II) (Q14073)

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Q14073

Also known as

Standardkarten (John Lenthall, London, um 1717, III) · ASTRONOMICAL CARDS

maker

John Lenthall

card type

standard playing cards

Suit system

French-suited

number of cards

52

place of origin

London

publication date

1717 (circa)

maker's mark

[crown] VI Pence (Steuerstempel AS)

Described in

A Catalogue of the Cary Collection of Playing Cards in the Yale University Library vol. 1–4 (1981) (cat. no. ENG 140, Bd. 1, 127)

Collection

Cary Collection of Playing Cards (Beinecke Library) (inv. ENG 140)

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

• 
  Spades-Ace (French)
• 
  Spades-6 (French)
• 
  Clubs-Jack (French)

Tax stamps

At the time of this pack (1717), London belonged to the territory of Königreich Großbritannien. No playing-card tax system is recorded for this territory at this time — so there are no tax stamps to look for here.