Tarot (Francesco Berti, Bologna, c. 1780, I) (Q15550)

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Q15550

Also known as

TAROCHI FINI

maker

Francesco Berti »al Cervo«, »al Leone«

card type

Tarot

Suit system

Italian-suited

number of cards

78

place of origin

Bologna

publication date

1780 (circa)

maker's mark

4D: AL LEONE · Rückseite: AL LEONE

Described in

A Catalogue of the Cary Collection of Playing Cards in the Yale University Library vol. 1–4 (1981) (cat. no. ITA 30, Bd. 2, 36)

Collection

Cary Collection of Playing Cards (Beinecke Library) (inv. ITA 30)

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

• 
  Cups-Cavalier (Italian)
• 
  Coins-Queen (Italian)
• 
  Fool

Tax stamps

At the time of this pack (1780), Bologna belonged to the territory of Kirchenstaat. No playing-card tax system is recorded for this territory at this time — so there are no tax stamps to look for here.