Standard playing cards (A. Boissiere, Montpellier, printed sheet c. 1760) (Q14633)

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Q14633

maker

A. Boissiere

card type

standard playing cards

Suit system

French-suited

place of origin

Montpellier

publication date

1760 (circa)

maker's mark

JS: B DE MONTPELIER · QD: BUREAU | DE MONTPELIER

Described in

A Catalogue of the Cary Collection of Playing Cards in the Yale University Library vol. 1–4 (1981) (cat. no. FRA sheet 161, Bd. 2, 204)

Collection

Cary Collection of Playing Cards (Beinecke Library) (inv. FRA sheet 161)

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 (1760), Montpellier 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.