Standard playing cards (Joseph Moxon, London, c. 1680) (Q14077)

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Q14077

Also known as

CARVING CARDS

maker

Joseph & James Moxon

card type

standard playing cards

Suit system

French-suited

number of cards

52

place of origin

London

publication date

1680 (circa)

Described in

A Catalogue of the Cary Collection of Playing Cards in the Yale University Library vol. 1–4 (1981) (cat. no. ENG 144, Bd. 1, 128)

Collection

Cary Collection of Playing Cards (Beinecke Library) (inv. ENG 144)

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-Ace (French)
• 
  Spades-Queen (French)

Tax stamps

At the time of this pack (1680), 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.