BEIN GER50: Imperfect: 6 of Spades wanting. 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]., Tax stamp on Ace of Hearts, red, CourtCards: KS with sun face on cheest, fleurs-de-lis; JS with leaping dog; KH with orb, sword, eagle; KD: BERLIN / [fleurs-de-lis]; KC with fleurs-de-lis, Bavarian checkered pattern on shields; JC holds small device displaying Berlin bear: Conrad Josue Perrin. Kings retain their flat, two dimensional aspect while the other courts are presented in a naturalistic manner., Trumps: Trump I depicts jester holding rack of wursts; IV, bird and cat; VI, eagle; XX, soldier with cap: FR; XXI, figure with bear and pole., and The courts are related to the Paris style; the trumps are quite similar to contemporary Bavarian packs. See D. Hoffmann and E. Kroppenstedt 1967.
Print shows panoramic view of the city of New Braunfels, Texas, from the southwest, in the summer of 1847. The town is spread out across a plain with numerous houses and farms. A man lounges near a wagon in the foreground. Livestock graze and several travelers are on the roads from town
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BEIN WA Prints Folio 25 copy 1 & 2: On sheet 35 x 110 cm., Title from caption below image., Caption at head of sheet: Special-Karten der Besitzungen des Texas Vereines nebst einer Generalkarte des Staates Texas nach den durch Congressbeschluss von Sept. 1850 in Washington neuerdings festgestellten Grenzen und einer Instruction für deutsche Auswanderer. Translated: special maps of the occupation of the Texas-Verein and a general map of the state of Texas after the newly established borders by act of Congress in September 1850 in Washington and instruction for German emigrants., Print published for the "Texas-Verein," a society established by a group of German nobility in Germany in 1842 to promote German emigration to Texas., "In Commission bei D. Reimer.", and "Im eigenen Verlage des Vereins zu Wiesbaden."
Print shows panoramic view of the city of New Braunfels, Texas, from the southwest, in the summer of 1847. The town is spread out across a plain with numerous houses and farms. A man lounges near a wagon in the foreground. Livestock graze and several travelers are on the roads from town
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BEIN WA Prints Folio 25 copy 1 & 2: On sheet 35 x 110 cm., Title from caption below image., Caption at head of sheet: Special-Karten der Besitzungen des Texas Vereines nebst einer Generalkarte des Staates Texas nach den durch Congressbeschluss von Sept. 1850 in Washington neuerdings festgestellten Grenzen und einer Instruction für deutsche Auswanderer. Translated: special maps of the occupation of the Texas-Verein and a general map of the state of Texas after the newly established borders by act of Congress in September 1850 in Washington and instruction for German emigrants., Print published for the "Texas-Verein," a society established by a group of German nobility in Germany in 1842 to promote German emigration to Texas., "In Commission bei D. Reimer.", and "Im eigenen Verlage des Vereins zu Wiesbaden."