»Das Festung Baues Spiel« (Peter Schenck, Amsterdam, um 1700) (Q15379)

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Q15379

Also known as

Französische Karte (Peter Schenck, Amsterdam, um 1700) · DAS FESTUNG BAUES SPIEL

maker

Peter Schenck

Possibly identical to

»Das Festung Baues Spiel« (Deutschland, um 1765)

Suit system

French-suited

number of cards

52

place of origin

Amsterdam

publication date

1700 (circa)

maker's mark

DAS FESTUNG BAUES SPIEL · COMPLETE VESTUNG

Described in

A Catalogue of the Cary Collection of Playing Cards in the Yale University Library vol. 1–4 (1981) (cat. no. HOL 20, Bd. 2, 7)

Collection

Cary Collection of Playing Cards (Beinecke Library) (inv. HOL 20)

Source

• A Catalogue of the Cary Collection of Playing Cards in the Yale University Library vol. 1–4 (1981)
• Radau/Himmelheber: Spielkarten (BNM vol. 21, 1991)

Rights status

work in the public domain

Cards

• 
  Hearts-Queen (French)
• 
  Hearts-Jack (French)
• 
  Spades-King (French)

Tax stamps

At the time of this pack (1700), Amsterdam belonged to the territory of Republik der Vereinigten Niederlande. No playing-card tax system is recorded for this territory at this time — so there are no tax stamps to look for here.