Astronomia

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Description

Title
Astronomia
Creator
Moon, Francis Graham, Sir, 1796-1871, playing card maker
Contributor
Cary Collection of Playing Cards (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
Published / Created
1829.
Publication Place
London, England and England London
Publisher
F. G. Moon, 20, Threadneedle Street
Description
BEIN ENG64: From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards. Hand colloration.
Title from Keller.
Suit system: Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter.
Type: Game.
Composition of deck: 52 [4 seasons, each with a zodical sign, a luminary, and the planets], instruction booklet, 1831 edition.
Slip case: ASTRONOMIA / [woman with scientific instruments looks at the moon] / LONDON / PUBLISHED BY F.G. MOON, 20, THREADNEEDLE STREET / 1829 / [zodiacal signs]; outer slip case, black.
The zodiacal sign cards are of greater value than the other cards. The composition of the suits as as follows: Spring (blue): Aries, Luna, Jupiter, Saturn, Herschel, Tellus, Venus, Mars, Mercury, Pallas, Juno, Ceres, Vesta. The remaining suits are composed in the same way, except for the first two cards: Summer (red): Cancer, The Sun; Autumn (yellow): Libra, The Comet; Winter (white); Capicorn, The Orbits.
Instruction book accompanying the Astronomia card deck: Explanation of the celestial cards, and of two of the games in which they are used; viz. Conjunction and Combination: to which is prefixed a brief introduction of astronomy. Second edition. London: F.G. Moon, 1831.
Extent
52 cards : 96 x 64 mm + 1 pamphlet (32 pages ; 95 x65 mm)
Extent of Digitization
This object has been completely digitized.

Collection Information

Repository
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number
ENG64

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Specimens
Early works to 1800
Playing cards
Material
color ; and engraving
Resource Type
text and still image
Subject (Geographic)
England
Subject (Topic)
Playing cards
Subjects
Playing cards > England > Specimens > Early works to 1800
Cary, Melbert B., Jr., 1892-1941 > Ownership
Cary, Mary Flagler > Ownership

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
15010929
Object ID (OID)
10995117

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