Tarot (J. Jerger, Besançon, c. 1800, I) (Q14343)

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Q14343

Also known as

TAROTS FINS

maker

J. Jerger

card type

Tarot

Suit system

Italian-suited

number of cards

78

place of origin

Besançon

publication date

1800 (circa)

maker's mark

2C: TAROTS FINS FAITES | PAR J JERGER | FABRIQUANT CARTES | A BESANCON

Described in

A Catalogue of the Cary Collection of Playing Cards in the Yale University Library vol. 1–4 (1981) (cat. no. FRA 160, Bd. 1, 157)

Collection

Cary Collection of Playing Cards (Beinecke Library) (inv. FRA 160)

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

• 
  Swords-Queen (Italian)
• 
  Trump V
• 
  Trump VIII

Tax stamps

At the time of this pack (1800), Besançon 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.