Tarot (Joseph Henseler, Waltenhofen, c. 1780) (Q14873)

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Q14873

Also known as

TAROS

maker

Henseler, Joseph

card type

Tarot

Suit system

Italian-suited

number of cards

78

place of origin

Waltenhofen

publication date

1780 (circa)

maker's mark

2D: TAROS FINDET BEY IOSEPH HENSELE; 2C: ZU BEKOMEN BEY IOSEPH HENSELE IN RAUNS

Described in

A Catalogue of the Cary Collection of Playing Cards in the Yale University Library vol. 1–4 (1981) (cat. no. GER 268, Bd. 1, 259)

Collection

Cary Collection of Playing Cards (Beinecke Library) (inv. GER 268)

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

• 
  Swords-Cavalier (Italian)
• 
  Trump III
• 
  Trump IIII

Tax stamps

At the time of this pack (1780), Waltenhofen belonged to the territory of Heiliges Römisches Reich. No playing-card tax system is recorded for this territory at this time — so there are no tax stamps to look for here.