Tarot (I.B. Benois, Strasbourg, c. 1780) (Q14334)

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Q14334

Also known as

TAROS FIN

maker

Jean-Baptiste Benoit

card type

Tarot

Suit system

Italian-suited

number of cards

78

place of origin

Strasbourg

publication date

1780 (circa)

maker's mark

2C: TAROS FIN DE | I.B. BENOIS | 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 151, Bd. 1, 155)

Collection

Cary Collection of Playing Cards (Beinecke Library) (inv. FRA 151)

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

• 
  Cups-2 (Italian)
• 
  Swords-King (Italian)
• 
  Trump V

Tax stamps

At the time of this pack (1780), Straßburg 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.