Collection context
Summary
- Extent:
- 1 Linear Feet and 5 items in bound volumes; 1 box
- Language:
- English .
Background
- Scope and Content:
German, Italian, French, English, and American playing cards from the 15th, 16th and 19th centuries.
Bound volume containing 68 playing cards from the 15th and 16th centuries (Italian, German, and French).
In a 19th century playing card box: a) 1 deck of French playing cards, ca. 1850. (52 cards); b) 1 deck of English, Regency playing cards, ca. 1818 (52 cards and an extra card); c) 1 deck of American playing cards, ca. 1850, manufactured in New York by Samuel Hart & Co. (52 cards).
LES CARTES A JOUER ET LA CARTOMANCIE/ par Paul Boiteau. --Paris: Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie., 1854.
- Acquisition information:
- Playing cards: Source of acquisition--Fleming, John F. Frank Sypher. Method of acquisition--Gift.
- Custodial history:
Gift of John F. Fleming, 1981.
Gift of Frank Sypher, 1984.
- Processing information:
Playing cards Entered in AMC 11/26/90.
- Arrangement:
Arranged.
- Accruals:
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
Indexed Terms
- Subjects:
- Playing cards
Games
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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This collection is located on-site.
- TERMS OF ACCESS:
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Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
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6th Floor East Butler Library535 West 114th St.New York, NY 10027, United States
- CONTACT:
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(212) 854-5590rbml@library.columbia.edu