Standard playing cards (Louis Carey, Strasbourg, c. 1795) (Q14191)

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Q14191

maker

Louis Carey

card type

standard playing cards

Suit system

French-suited

number of cards

52

place of origin

Strasbourg

publication date

1795 (circa)

maker's mark

LOUIS CAREY, FABRICANT DE CARTES A STRASBOURG

Described in

A Catalogue of the Cary Collection of Playing Cards in the Yale University Library vol. 1–4 (1981) (cat. no. FRA 105, Bd. 1, 147)

Collection

Cary Collection of Playing Cards (Beinecke Library) (inv. FRA 105)

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-King (French)
• 
  Diamonds-Jack (French)
• 
  Clubs-Jack (French)

Tax stamps

At the time of this pack (1795), Straßburg belonged to the territory of Erste Französische Republik. No playing-card tax system is recorded for this territory at this time — so there are no tax stamps to look for here.