Tarot (Johann Hemmerich, Dresden, c. 1775) (Q15031)

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Q15031

maker

Johann Hemmerich

card type

Tarot

Suit system

French-suited

Theme

Animal tarot

number of cards

78

place of origin

Dresden

publication date

1775 (circa)

Described in

A Catalogue of the Cary Collection of Playing Cards in the Yale University Library vol. 1–4 (1981) (cat. no. GER 48, Bd. 1, 213)

Collection

Cary Collection of Playing Cards (Beinecke Library) (inv. GER 48)

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

• 
  Hearts-King (Tarot)
• 
  Spades-King (Tarot)
• 
  Spades-Cavalier (Tarot)

Tax stamps

At the time of this pack (1775), Dresden belonged to the territory of Kurfürstentum Sachsen. In the window 1765 to 1785, the following applied there:

Tax system	Sovereign	valid from	to
Kursächsischer Karten-Impost 1750–1790 (Doppelstempelung)	Kurfürstentum Sachsen	1750	1790
Sächsische General-Accise auf Spielkarten (Akzisestempel, ca. 1717–ca. 1815)	Kurfürstentum Sachsen	1717	1815

View 6 tax stamps from 1765 to 1785