Yale Center for British Art

Title:

Feronica's hierogryphical riddles.

Published / Created:

[England] : [publisher not identified], [early 19th century]

Physical Description:

24 cards : hand-colored, engraved ; 10 x 6 cm, in box 11 x 8 x 3 cm

Holdings:

Rare Books and Manuscripts
GV1199 .F47 Flat
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

Copyright Status:

Classification:

Visual Materials

Notes:

BEIN PLAYING CARDS GEN 152: A small strip of paper is pasted at the foot of the engraving on the front cover. Autograph: C. Harington, Esq. From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards.

Title and place of publication from box top.

A set of 24 hand-colored engraved rebus cards, housed in a wooden box with sliding cover. Hand colored engravings are pasted to both sides of the the sliding cover.

Subject Terms:

Playing cards -- England -- Specimens. | Picture puzzles -- Specimens. | Harington, C. -- Autograph.

Form/Genre:

Playing cards. | Rebuses. | Game cards. | Engravings.

Contributors:

Cary Collection of Playing Cards (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library)