Humphreys, James Y., 1783?-1850, playing card maker
Published / Created:
[1800?]
Call Number:
USA204
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
text and still image
Description:
BEIN USA204: From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards., Title from Ace of Spades., French suit system., Type: Historical., Composition of deck: 52 [A, K, Q, J, 10-2]., Aces: AS: [eagle] / E. PLURIBUS UNUM / [pip] / J.Y. HUMPHREYS., and CourtCards: KS: Andrew Jackson; QS: Athena; JS: King Phillip; KH: George Washington; QH: Venus; JH: Red Jacket; KD: John Quincy Adams; QD: Justice; JD: Gy-ant-wachia; KC: Thomas Jefferson; QC: Ceres; JC: Joseph Brant.
Title from item., Title continues: Sells all sorts of books for merchants accounts, paper hangings for rooms, and all other stationary wares at moderate prices; all manner of printing performed with expedition and care. Copper plates neatly engraved and printed., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and On leaf 115 of an album with spine title: Trade tokens and bookplates.
Title from item., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of text from bottom edge., and On leaf 152 of an album with spine title: Trade tokens and bookplates.
Title from item., Title continues: Sells genoa & dutch velvets, brocards, damasks, paduasoys, rusdemores, sattins, tabbys, armozeens, ducapes, sergedusoys, mantuas, strip'd & plain lustrings, sarsenets, persians, poplins, broglios, strip'd & plain irish stuffs, furniture & other stuff, damasks, camblets & stuffs, callimanco's &c., norwich crapes & bombazeens. NB With great variety of ready made goods, viz., cardinals, capuchins, hats, bonnets, quilted petticoats &c. &c., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and On leaf 94 of an album with spine title: Trade tokens and bookplates.
Title from item., Title continues: Makes all sorts of saddles & riding furniture, likewise sells all the best jockey, and all other sorts of whips, fine spunges ..., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and On leaf 111 of an album with spine title: Trade tokens and bookplates.