Tiertarock (Louis Carey, Straßburg, um 1780) (Q4132)

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Q4132

Also known as

Tarock (Louis Carey, Straßburg, um 1785)

maker

Louis Carey

card type

Tarot

Suit system

French-suited

Pattern

old Paris pattern

Theme

Animal tarot

Figure type

single-figure

number of cards

78

Dimensions

115 × 58 mm

place of origin

Strasbourg

publication date

1776-1785 (uncertain)

Described in

• A Catalogue of the Cary Collection of Playing Cards in the Yale University Library vol. 1–4 (1981) (cat. no. FRA 141, Bd. 1, 153)
• Radau: Tiertarock (Munich 1989)

Collection

Cary Collection of Playing Cards (Beinecke Library) (inv. FRA 141)

Source

Radau: Tiertarock (Munich 1989)

Rights status

work in the public domain

Cards

• 
  Hearts-Cavalier (Tarot)
• 
  Diamonds-King (Tarot)
• 
  Trump XX

Tax stamps

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