Tiertarock (Jean Baptist Galler, Bruessel, um 1755) (Q4138)

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Q4138

Also known as

Tarock (Jean-Baptiste Galler, Brüssel, um 1760)

maker

Jean-Baptiste Galler

card type

Tarot

Suit system

French-suited

Pattern

Lyon pattern

Theme

Animal tarot

Figure type

single-figure

number of cards

78

Dimensions

115 × 60 mm

place of origin

Brussels

publication date

1750-1760 (uncertain)

maker's mark

JG

Described in

• A Catalogue of the Cary Collection of Playing Cards in the Yale University Library vol. 1–4 (1981) (cat. no. BEL 21, Bd. 1, 76)
• Radau: Tiertarock (Munich 1989)

Collection

Cary Collection of Playing Cards (Beinecke Library) (inv. BEL 21)

Source

• A Catalogue of the Cary Collection of Playing Cards in the Yale University Library vol. 1–4 (1981)
• Radau: Tiertarock (Munich 1989)

Rights status

work in the public domain

Cards

• 
  Spades-King (Tarot)
• 
  Spades-Jack (Tarot)
• 
  Spades-1 (Tarot)

Tax stamps

At the time of this pack (1755), Brüssel belonged to the territory of Österreichische Niederlande. No playing-card tax system is recorded for this territory at this time — so there are no tax stamps to look for here.