Standard playing cards (Jean Imbard, Aix-en-Provence, printed sheet c. 1720) (Q14635)

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Q14635

maker

Jean Imbard

card type

standard playing cards

Suit system

French-suited

place of origin

Aix-en-Provence

publication date

1720 (circa)

maker's mark

JS: JE AN IMBARD · QD: VIVE LES BONS ENFANTS | QUI IOUENT SOUVENT · JC: JEAN IMBARD

Described in

A Catalogue of the Cary Collection of Playing Cards in the Yale University Library vol. 1–4 (1981) (cat. no. FRA sheet 163, Bd. 2, 204-205)

Collection

Cary Collection of Playing Cards (Beinecke Library) (inv. FRA sheet 163)

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

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  King (French, suit undetermined)
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  King (French, suit undetermined)
• 
  King (French, suit undetermined)
• 
  King (French, suit undetermined)
• 
  Queen (French, suit undetermined)
• 
  Queen (French, suit undetermined)
• 
  Queen (French, suit undetermined)
• 
  Queen (French, suit undetermined)
• 
  Jack (French, suit undetermined)
• 
  Jack (French, suit undetermined)
• 
  Druckbogen FRA sheet 163 (Keller, Cary Collection)

Tax stamps

At the time of this pack (1720), Aix-en-Provence 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.