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Auction archive: Lot number 465

Moxon (J., publisher). Geometrical

Estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
ca. US$2,708 - US$4,063
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 465

Moxon (J., publisher). Geometrical

Estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
ca. US$2,708 - US$4,063
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

Moxon (J., publisher). Geometrical Playing Cards, London, 1697, 43 (of 52) copper engraved playing cards, comprising 4 suits of 13 (French suits), each with geometrical figures or scientific instruments, lacking: ace of spades; 3, 5, 10, and knave of hearts; 6 and 8 of diamonds; 3 and knave of clubs, some toning, dust-soiling, and marks, close-trimmed, often resulting in loss of line border and occasionally clipping image, 10 of diamonds with tip of lower right corner missing, plain versos, 89 x 59mm (3.5 x 2.25ins) (Qty: 1) Provenance: Collection of Jack Webb (1923-2019), London. Tilley, p.78. Extremely rare. The only other deck we have traced is that held by The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University (11529500). Their complete deck is in an engraved wrapper and accompanies the book The Use of the Geometrical Playing-Cards, As also a Discourse of the Mechanick Powers. By Monsi. Des-Cartes. Translated from his own Manuscript Copy... Printed and Sold by J. Moxon at the Atlas in Warwick-Lane, 1697. The Moxon family produced several educational decks of playing cards, including the subjects of carving and astronomy. Sylvia Mann calls all of them "lamentably rare" (see All Cards on the Table, 258).

Auction archive: Lot number 465
Auction:
Datum:
21 Jan 2021
Auction house:
Dominic Winter Auctioneers, Mallard House
Broadway Lane, South Cerney, Nr Cirencester
Gloucestershire, GL75UQ
United Kingdom
info@dominicwinter.co.uk
+44 (0)1285 860006
+44 (0)1285 862461
Beschreibung:

Moxon (J., publisher). Geometrical Playing Cards, London, 1697, 43 (of 52) copper engraved playing cards, comprising 4 suits of 13 (French suits), each with geometrical figures or scientific instruments, lacking: ace of spades; 3, 5, 10, and knave of hearts; 6 and 8 of diamonds; 3 and knave of clubs, some toning, dust-soiling, and marks, close-trimmed, often resulting in loss of line border and occasionally clipping image, 10 of diamonds with tip of lower right corner missing, plain versos, 89 x 59mm (3.5 x 2.25ins) (Qty: 1) Provenance: Collection of Jack Webb (1923-2019), London. Tilley, p.78. Extremely rare. The only other deck we have traced is that held by The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University (11529500). Their complete deck is in an engraved wrapper and accompanies the book The Use of the Geometrical Playing-Cards, As also a Discourse of the Mechanick Powers. By Monsi. Des-Cartes. Translated from his own Manuscript Copy... Printed and Sold by J. Moxon at the Atlas in Warwick-Lane, 1697. The Moxon family produced several educational decks of playing cards, including the subjects of carving and astronomy. Sylvia Mann calls all of them "lamentably rare" (see All Cards on the Table, 258).

Auction archive: Lot number 465
Auction:
Datum:
21 Jan 2021
Auction house:
Dominic Winter Auctioneers, Mallard House
Broadway Lane, South Cerney, Nr Cirencester
Gloucestershire, GL75UQ
United Kingdom
info@dominicwinter.co.uk
+44 (0)1285 860006
+44 (0)1285 862461
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