Standard playing cards (A. Combette, Paris, printing plate c. 1840) (Q14597)

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Q14597

maker

A. Combette

card type

standard playing cards

Suit system

French-suited

number of cards

12

place of origin

Paris

publication date

1840 (circa)

maker's mark

Rückseite der Platte: 43-45 | A. COMBETTE | RUE ST. JACQUES

Described in

A Catalogue of the Cary Collection of Playing Cards in the Yale University Library vol. 1–4 (1981) (cat. no. FRA plate 6, Bd. 2, 238)

Collection

Cary Collection of Playing Cards (Beinecke Library) (inv. FRA plate 6)

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 plate 6 (Keller, Cary Collection)

Tax stamps

At the time of this pack (1840), Paris belonged to the territory of Julimonarchie. No playing-card tax system is recorded for this territory at this time — so there are no tax stamps to look for here.