Tarot (Johann Schenck, Nuremberg, c. 1780) (Q15037)

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Q15037

maker

Johann Schenck

card type

Tarot

Suit system

French-suited

Theme

Animal tarot

number of cards

78

place of origin

Nuremberg

publication date

1780 (circa)

Described in

A Catalogue of the Cary Collection of Playing Cards in the Yale University Library vol. 1–4 (1981) (cat. no. GER 55, Bd. 1, 215)

Collection

Cary Collection of Playing Cards (Beinecke Library) (inv. GER 55)

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-Queen (Tarot)
• 
  Trump X

Tax stamps

At the time of this pack (1780), Nürnberg 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.