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Extra feine Schwerdter Karte

Creator:: Zoelcke, Carl Heinrich, playing card maker
Published / Created:: 1845.
Call Number:: GER262
Image Count:: 72
Resource Type:: text and still image
Description:: BEIN GER262: From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards., Title from Daus of Acorns: Extra feine Schwerdter Karte., German suit system., Type: Saxon., Composition of deck: 36 [D, K, O, U, 10-6]., Aces: Daus of Hearts, crossed swords; Daus of Bells, loving couple and third person; Daus of Acorns: Extra feine Schwerdter Karte; Daus of Leaves, coat of arms., Pip Cards: 10s indicated by "X"; 8H: Carl Heinr. Zoelcke / in / Leipzig., and Tax stamp on 7 of Bells, black: KARTEN / STEMPEL / [heraldic device ] / 2 GR.
Publisher:: Carl Heinrich Zoelcke
Subject (Geographic):: Germany
Subject (Topic):: Playing cards
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Extra feine Schwerdter Karte

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[Uncut sheet of 19th century Slovak playing cards].

Creator:: Weisz, Lorenz, playing card maker
Published / Created:: [1855?]
Call Number:: AUSsheet92
Image Count:: 2
Resource Type:: text and still image
Description:: BEIN AUSsheet92: From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards., Title devised by cataloger., Uncut sheet of 12 court cards (K-J)., French suit system., Original design., and Court cards: Ks: Lear; Ingurd; Saladin; MacKbeth; Qs: Elisabeth; Maria Stuart; Brunhilde; Maria von Burgund; Js: Troubador; Fridolin; Lancelot; Hans Sachs.
Publisher:: L. Weisz
Subject (Geographic):: Slovakia
Subject (Topic):: Playing cards
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Uncut sheet of 19th century Slovak playing cards].

3.
[Caricature of an unknown woman] [art original].

Creator:: Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797, artist
Published / Created:: [1765 or 1766?]
Call Number:: SH Contents W218 no. 6 Box 120
Image Count:: 2
Abstract:: Horace Walpole's sketch of the head of an unknown woman in black ink which has been drawn on the verso of a playing card, the nine of hearts in red ink
Description:: Title devised by cataloger., Horace Walpole (1717-1797), author, politician, and patron of the arts., and Date based on similar drawing "Lord Massareene" in The Lewis Walpole Library.
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [Caricature of an unknown woman] [art original].

4.
[Standard deck of playing cards with French suits and single figure court cards, Lyon pattern].

Creator:: Valentin‏, Claude, 1616-1684, playing card maker
Published / Created:: [1660?]
Call Number:: PLAYING CARDS GEN 1031
Image Count:: 15
Resource Type:: text and still image
Description:: BEIN PLAYING CARDS GEN 1031: Imperfect: 23 cards only (KS-JS, 8S, 5S; KH-JH, 9H-5H; KD, JD; AC-JC, 8C-5C). Hand-drawn color illustrations of cartomancy figures on versos of cards. Previously owned by Albert Figdor. From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards., Title devised by cataloger., Date of publication from Keller., French suit system., Composition of deck: 52 (A, K, Q, J, 10-2)., and JS, JC: Claude Valentin.
Publisher:: Claude Valentin
Subject (Geographic):: France
Subject (Topic):: Playing cards
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Standard deck of playing cards with French suits and single figure court cards, Lyon pattern].

5.
[Card game based on The adventures of two Dutch dolls-- and a Golliwogg].

Creator:: Upton, Bertha, 1849-1912
Upton, Florence K. (Florence Kate), 1873-1922
Published / Created:: ca. 1898?]
Call Number:: Shirley 5555
Image Count:: 8
Abstract:: Game consists of 48 cards in 16 numbered groups of three cards each. Characters from the book are pictured on the cards. The first card of each group instructs the player to find other characters. Object of the game appears to be to collect as many complete groups as possible.
Description:: A card game based on the book, The adventures of two Dutch dolls-- and a Golliwog, by Bertha Upton. and Imperfect: six cards mutilated with some loss of text.
Publisher:: s.n.,
Subject (Name):: Upton, Bertha,--1849-1912.--Adventures of two Dutch dolls-- and a Golliwogg--Juvenile literature
Subject (Topic):: Card games--Specimens
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Card game based on The adventures of two Dutch dolls-- and a Golliwogg].

6.
[Trappola deck].

Creator:: Traunwiser, Joseph, playing card maker
Published / Created:: [1790?]
Call Number:: AUS91
Image Count:: 12
Resource Type:: text and still image
Description:: BEIN AUS91: Imperfect: 2 of Cups wanting. From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards., Title devised by cataloger., Latin/Italian suit system., Composition of deck: 36 [A, K, C, J, 10-7, 2]., Tax stamps on King of Coins, black: KARTEN SIGIL HOCHF SALZPURGIS / [heraldic device] and on Ace of Batons, black: S. / KARTEN., Aces: AB: ZU FINDEN BEI IOSE / PH TRAUNWI / SER; AC, eagle perched on cup., and Pipcards: 2S: SALZBURG / [heraldic device].
Publisher:: zu finden bei Ioseph Traunwiser
Subject (Geographic):: Austria
Subject (Topic):: Playing cards
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Trappola deck].

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German suited original design playing cards manufactured circa 1855, Dresden

Creator:: Sommer & Seupke, playing card maker
Published / Created:: [1855?]
Call Number:: GER581
Image Count:: 4
Resource Type:: text and still image
Description:: BEIN GER581: Imperfect: lacking King of Bells. From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards., Title devised by cataloger., German suit system., Type: original design., Composition of deck: 32 [A, K, O, U, 10-7]., Tax stamp on 7B, black: [crown] / [heraldic device] / 2 1/2 NGR., Pipcards and Jokers: 10s indicated by "X"; 8H: Somer / & / Seupke / in Dresden; 7H: Eintracht., CourtCards: Ks seated, double suit signs; Os, Us are military figures., and Aces: DH, child and pedestal; DB, balloon and windmill; DA, fountain; DL, man kneels before fire; volcano erupts in the background.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):: Germany
Subject (Topic):: Playing cards
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > German suited original design playing cards manufactured circa 1855, Dresden

8.
[Uncut sheet of 19th century Austrian playing cards].

Creator:: Seifried, Ignaz, playing card maker
Published / Created:: [1860?]
Call Number:: AUSsheet88
Image Count:: 2
Resource Type:: text and still image
Description:: BEIN AUSsheet88: From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards., Title devised by cataloger., Uncut sheet of 16 court cards (A, K-J)., French suit system., Original design: Kings hold sceptres; Qeens: Flora; Venus; Juno; Diana; Jacks hold spears., and Aces: Montreux // Staubbach; Thune // Jungfrau; S. Bernhard // Lausanne; Tells Kapelle // S. Gotthard.
Publisher:: I. Seifried
Subject (Geographic):: Austria and Switzerland
Subject (Topic):: Playing cards
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Uncut sheet of 19th century Austrian playing cards].

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[Playing card, ace of diamonds in the form of a woman's face] [art original]

Creator:: Sebright, Henrietta, 1770-1840, artist
Published / Created:: [1789?]
Call Number:: 49 3641 Shelved as 49 2523
Collection Title:: Page 195. Portfolio containing 50 drawings by Lady Diana Beauclerk and her daughter Mary, Miss
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A transformation card
Description:: Title devised by curator., Signed with the artist's monogrammatic initials in lower left. Attribution to Henrietta Sebright and supplied date of production from a similar drawing on the previous page of the album, beneath which is mounted the contemporary note "by Miss Sebright, 1789"., Drawn on an ace of diamonds playing card, the single diamond at center colored red., and Mounted on page 195 in a volume containing Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his Description of the villa of Horace Walpole (Hazen 2523) and his Catalogue of pictures and drawings in the Holbein Chamber at Strawberry-Hill (Hazen 2619.4). Part of the collection: Portfolio containing 50 drawings by Lady Diana Beauclerk and her daughter Mary, Miss Sebright, Miss Knight, Mrs. Damer, John Gooch, Samuel Lysons, Sir Edward Walpole, and Thomas Walpole (Hazen 3641).
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [Playing card, ace of diamonds in the form of a woman's face] [art original]

10.
[Playing card, the ace of hearts in the form of a man's face] [art original]

Creator:: Sebright, Henrietta, 1770-1840, artist
Published / Created:: [1789]
Call Number:: 49 3641 Shelved as 49 2523
Collection Title:: Page 194. Portfolio containing 50 drawings by Lady Diana Beauclerk and her daughter Mary, Miss
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A transformation card
Description:: Title devised by curator., Statement of responsibility and date written in ink on a separate sheet, mounted below drawing; alternative statement of responsibility "by Miss Seabright [sic]" written in pencil at top of image., Drawn on an ace of hearts playing card, the single heart at center colored red., and Mounted on page 194 in a volume containing Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his Description of the villa of Horace Walpole (Hazen 2523) and his Catalogue of pictures and drawings in the Holbein Chamber at Strawberry-Hill (Hazen 2619.4). Part of the collection: Portfolio containing 50 drawings by Lady Diana Beauclerk and her daughter Mary, Miss Sebright, Miss Knight, Mrs. Damer, John Gooch, Samuel Lysons, Sir Edward Walpole, and Thomas Walpole (Hazen 3641).
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [Playing card, the ace of hearts in the form of a man's face] [art original]