[Animal Tarot playing cards].

Description

Title: [Animal Tarot playing cards].
Creator: Jantet, J. C. (Jean Claude), playing card maker
Contributor: Isnard, François, -1765, engraver.
Cary Collection of Playing Cards (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
Published / Created: [between 1759 and 1776?]
Publication Place: A Strasbourg and France Strasbourg
Publisher: I.C. Iantet
Description: BEIN PLAYING CARDS GEN 15: Manuscript annotations on trump cards: Le fou, le baguat (I), la papesse (II), le pape (III), l'imperatrice (IV), l'Empereur (V), le chariot (X), la force (XI), le pendu (XII), la mort (XIII), la temperance (XIV), le diable (XV), la maison dieu (XVI), les Etoiles (XVII), la lune (XVIII), le soleil (XIX), le jugement (XX), le monde (XXI). From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards.
Title devised by cataloger.
French suit system.
Composition of deck: 78 (A, K, Q, C, J, 10-2, trumps I-XXI, Fool).
Jack of Clubs: I. C. Iantet; King of Diamonds: A Strasbourg.
Initials F.I. on trump XI.
Provenance: Pierre Beres; 2004-11-18;
Extent: 78 cards : 115 x 58 mm
Language: French

Genre: Specimens
Early works to 1800
Pictorial works
Annotations (Provenance) 18th century
Playing cards
Tarot cards
Animal Tarot
Engravings
Material: color ;, engraving, and stenciling
Resource Type: text
still image
Subject (Geographic): France
Subject (Topic): Playing cards
Animals
Subjects: Playing cards > France > Specimens > Early works to 1800
Animals > Pictorial works > Early works to 1800
18th century

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