Standard playing cards (Joseph Henseler, Kempten, print block c. 1780, I) (Q15314)

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Q15314

maker

Henseler, Joseph

card type

standard playing cards

Suit system

German-suited

place of origin

Kempten

publication date

1780 (circa)

maker's mark

DH: JOSEPH | HENSELER | IN WALT | ENHOFEN · 6H: Joseph Henseler

Described in

A Catalogue of the Cary Collection of Playing Cards in the Yale University Library vol. 1–4 (1981) (cat. no. GER block 5, Bd. 2, 241)

Collection

Cary Collection of Playing Cards (Beinecke Library) (inv. GER block 5)

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

• 
  Druckstock GER block 5a (Keller, Cary Collection)
• 
  Druckstock GER block 5b (Keller, Cary Collection)

Tax stamps

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