Standard playing cards (Jean Delias, Nérac, print block c. 1720) (Q14590)

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Q14590

maker

Jehan Delias

card type

standard playing cards

Suit system

French-suited

number of cards

20

place of origin

Nérac

publication date

1720 (circa)

maker's mark

JS: NERAC · JC: IEAN DELIAS

Described in

A Catalogue of the Cary Collection of Playing Cards in the Yale University Library vol. 1–4 (1981) (cat. no. FRA block 4, Bd. 2, 238)

Collection

Cary Collection of Playing Cards (Beinecke Library) (inv. FRA block 4)

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

• 
  Druckstock FRA block 4 (Keller, Cary Collection)

Tax stamps

At the time of this pack (1720), Nérac 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.