Standard playing cards (Valence, Lyon, printed sheet c. 1765) (Q14621)

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Q14621

maker

Valence (Lyon)

card type

standard playing cards

Suit system

French-suited

place of origin

Lyon

publication date

1765 (circa)

maker's mark

J: VALENCE · J: CARTELIER

Described in

A Catalogue of the Cary Collection of Playing Cards in the Yale University Library vol. 1–4 (1981) (cat. no. FRA sheet 149, Bd. 2, 202-203)

Collection

Cary Collection of Playing Cards (Beinecke Library) (inv. FRA sheet 149)

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

• 
  King (French, suit undetermined)
• 
  King (French, suit undetermined)
• 
  King (French, suit undetermined)
• 
  Queen (French, suit undetermined)
• 
  Queen (French, suit undetermined)
• 
  Queen (French, suit undetermined)
• 
  Jack (French, suit undetermined)
• 
  Jack (French, suit undetermined)
• 
  Jack (French, suit undetermined)
• 
  Jack (French, suit undetermined)
• 
  Jack (French, suit undetermined)
• 
  Jack (French, suit undetermined)
• 
  Single card
• 
  Single card
• 
  Single card
• 
  Single card
• 
  Druckbogen FRA sheet 149 (Keller, Cary Collection)

Tax stamps

At the time of this pack (1765), Lyon 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.