BEIN ENG74: From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards., Title devised by cataloger., French suit system., Type: Historical., Composition of deck: 52 [A, K, Q, J, 10-2], descriptive card., Tax stamp on Ace of Spades, red: [crown] / VI Pence., CourtCards: P-Prince (jack); Kings, crowned suit signs; King of Hearts: The KING of ENGLAND; King of Clubs with the arms of Pope Clement IX., and Heraldry cards known as the British Brianville deck.
Manuscript fragment on parchment, probably from a Bible. The recto contains the end of "the Interpretation of Hebrew Names" in a gothic bookhand; rubricated. The verso contains two unidentified texts in a slightly later anglicana script, one medical and one mathematical
Title from item., Date based on printmaker's death date., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and On leaf 147 of an album with spine title: Trade tokens and bookplates.
Silvester, Richard William, 1769 or 1770-1842, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1800?]
Call Number:
Quarto 66 726 T675
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text and still image
Description:
Title from item., Place and publisher conjectured by content., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and On leaf 163 of an album with spine title: Trade tokens and bookplates.