Standard playing cards (B. P. Grimaud, Paris, c. 1885, I) (Q14236)

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Q14236

maker

Baptiste Paul Grimaud

card type

standard playing cards

Suit system

French-suited

number of cards

52

place of origin

Paris

publication date

1885 (circa)

Described in

A Catalogue of the Cary Collection of Playing Cards in the Yale University Library vol. 1–4 (1981) (cat. no. FRA 39, Bd. 1, 138)

Collection

Cary Collection of Playing Cards (Beinecke Library) (inv. FRA 39)

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

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

Tax stamps

At the time of this pack (1885), Paris belonged to the territory of Dritte 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.