Standard playing cards (Lyon, Lyon, c. 1770) (Q14286)

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Q14286

maker

unknown (investigated)

card type

standard playing cards

Suit system

French-suited

number of cards

52

place of origin

Lyon

publication date

1770 (circa)

Described in

A Catalogue of the Cary Collection of Playing Cards in the Yale University Library vol. 1–4 (1981) (cat. no. FRA 85, Bd. 1, 144)

Collection

Cary Collection of Playing Cards (Beinecke Library) (inv. FRA 85)

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-Queen (French)
• 
  Hearts-Jack (French)
• 
  Diamonds-King (French)

Tax stamps

At the time of this pack (1770), Lyon belonged to the territory of Königreich Frankreich. No playing-card tax system is recorded for this territory at this time — so there are no tax stamps to look for here.