Deutsche Karte (Hersteller unbekannt, Augsburg, Druckbogen 1608) (Q15336)

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Q15336

Suit system

German-suited

number of cards

16

place of origin

Augsburg

publication date

1608

maker's mark

Bogen: ZU AUGSPURG ANNO MDCVIII

Described in

A Catalogue of the Cary Collection of Playing Cards in the Yale University Library vol. 1–4 (1981) (cat. no. GER sheet 233, Bd. 2, 216)

Collection

Cary Collection of Playing Cards (Beinecke Library) (inv. GER sheet 233)

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-King (German)
• 
  Acorns-Over Knave (German)
• 
  Acorns-Under Knave (German)
• 
  Acorns-10 (German)
• 
  Acorns-6 (German)
• 
  Acorns-3 (German)
• 
  Leaves-King (German)
• 
  Leaves-Over Knave (German)
• 
  Hearts-Ace (German)
• 
  Hearts-King (German)
• 
  Hearts-Over Knave (German)
• 
  Hearts-10 (German)
• 
  Hearts-3 (German)
• 
  Hearts-4 (German)
• 
  Bells-Over Knave (German)
• 
  King (German, suit undetermined)
• 
  Druckbogen GER sheet 233 (Keller, Cary Collection)

Tax stamps

At the time of this pack (1608), Augsburg 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.