Tarot (György Mayer, Pest, c. 1840) (Q15430)

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Q15430

maker

Mayer, Georg (György)

card type

Tarot

Suit system

French-suited

Theme

Veduta tarot

number of cards

54

place of origin

Pest

publication date

1840 (circa)

maker's mark

AH: MAYER | GYÖRGY | Táétkkártyák | gyára | PESTEN · JD: Fabricirt von Geo. Mayer || in Pesth

Described in

A Catalogue of the Cary Collection of Playing Cards in the Yale University Library vol. 1–4 (1981) (cat. no. HUN 22, Bd. 2, 16-17)

Collection

Cary Collection of Playing Cards (Beinecke Library) (inv. HUN 22)

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

• 
  Clubs-King (Tarot)
• 
  Trump XVII
• 
  Single card

Tax stamps

At the time of this pack (1840), Pest belonged to the territory of Kaisertum Österreich. In the window 1830 to 1850, the following applied there:

Tax system	Sovereign	valid from	to
Österr. Kronland-Stempel 1850–1857 (Doppeladler)	Kaisertum Österreich	1850	1857
Österr. Stempelpatent 1808	Kaisertum Österreich	1808	1918

View 17 tax stamps from 1830 to 1850