Standard playing cards (Hersteller unbekannt, Rennes, printed sheet c. 1775) (Q14627)

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Q14627

maker

unknown (investigated)

card type

standard playing cards

Suit system

French-suited

number of cards

20

place of origin

Rennes

publication date

1775 (circa)

maker's mark

JC: RENNES · Lilien-Wasserzeichen

Described in

A Catalogue of the Cary Collection of Playing Cards in the Yale University Library vol. 1–4 (1981) (cat. no. FRA sheet 155, Bd. 2, 203)

Collection

Cary Collection of Playing Cards (Beinecke Library) (inv. FRA sheet 155)

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

Tax stamps

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