Standard playing cards (Lamarque, Toulouse, printed sheet c. 1760) (Q14618)

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Q14618

maker

Lamarque

card type

standard playing cards

Suit system

French-suited

place of origin

Toulouse

publication date

1760 (circa)

maker's mark

JS: LAMARQUE · JD: LAMARQUE · JC: A TOULOUSE

Described in

A Catalogue of the Cary Collection of Playing Cards in the Yale University Library vol. 1–4 (1981) (cat. no. FRA sheet 146, Bd. 2, 202)

Collection

Cary Collection of Playing Cards (Beinecke Library) (inv. FRA sheet 146)

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

• 
  Hearts-King (French)
• 
  Hearts-Queen (French)
• 
  Hearts-Jack (French)
• 
  Diamonds-King (French)
• 
  Diamonds-Queen (French)
• 
  Diamonds-Jack (French)
• 
  Diamonds-Jack (French)
• 
  Spades-King (French)
• 
  Spades-Queen (French)
• 
  Spades-Jack (French)
• 
  Clubs-King (French)
• 
  Clubs-Queen (French)
• 
  Clubs-Jack (French)
• 
  Druckbogen FRA sheet 146 (Keller, Cary Collection)

Tax stamps

At the time of this pack (1760), Toulouse 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.