Standard playing cards (F. Fridrich, Rouen, printed sheet c. 1775) (Q14623)

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Q14623

maker

F. Fridrich

card type

standard playing cards

Suit system

French-suited

number of cards

12

place of origin

Rouen

publication date

1775 (circa)

maker's mark

KS: F. Fridrich · J: a Rouen

Described in

A Catalogue of the Cary Collection of Playing Cards in the Yale University Library vol. 1–4 (1981) (cat. no. FRA sheet 151, Bd. 2, 203)

Collection

Cary Collection of Playing Cards (Beinecke Library) (inv. FRA sheet 151)

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

• 
  Spades-King (French)
• 
  Spades-Queen (French)
• 
  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)
• 
  Druckbogen FRA sheet 151 (Keller, Cary Collection)

Tax stamps

At the time of this pack (1775), Rouen 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.