Tarot (Jean-Pierre Payen, Avignon, c. 1735) (Q14347)

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Q14347

maker

Jean-Pierre Payen

card type

Tarot

Suit system

Italian-suited

number of cards

78

place of origin

Avignon

publication date

1735 (circa)

maker's mark

2C: JEAN PAYEN | A LA PLACE | DE ST. DIDIER | A | AVIGNON

Described in

A Catalogue of the Cary Collection of Playing Cards in the Yale University Library vol. 1–4 (1981) (cat. no. FRA 165, Bd. 1, 158)

Collection

Cary Collection of Playing Cards (Beinecke Library) (inv. FRA 165)

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)
• 
  Batons-Cavalier (Italian)
• 
  Batons-Jack (Italian)

Tax stamps

At the time of this pack (1735), Avignon belonged to the territory of Kirchenstaat. No playing-card tax system is recorded for this territory at this time — so there are no tax stamps to look for here.