Deutsche Karte (Franz Hofmann, Passau, 1770) (Q15228)

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Q15228

maker

Hofmann, Franz (Passau)

Suit system

German-suited

number of cards

48

place of origin

Passau

publication date

1770

maker's mark

DA: FRANZ HOFMANN; KH: ZU FINDEN IN DER STAT PASSAU; Bandinschrift: ZU FINDEN BEY FRANZ HOFMANN PURCER IN PASSAU

Described in

A Catalogue of the Cary Collection of Playing Cards in the Yale University Library vol. 1–4 (1981) (cat. no. GER 556, Bd. 1, 321)

Collection

Cary Collection of Playing Cards (Beinecke Library) (inv. GER 556)

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

• 
  Acorns-Ace (German)
• 
  Leaves-King (German)
• 
  Leaves-Ober (German)

Tax stamps

At the time of this pack (1770), Passau 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.