c.1790 Single La Maison Dieu (Tower) Card by L. Carey Pre-Revolutionary Besançon Tarotc. 1790 Pre Revolutionary L. Carey La Maison Dieu (Tower), Strasbourg Besanon Published by L. Carey [Carr], c. 1783 1793 Description: Louis Carey (1736 1808) was a "Marchand cartier" (merchant cardmaker) active in Strasbourg, France, who produced cards from 1776 until he died in 1808. The blocks for the Carey Besanon deck were initially engraved by Francois Isnard (1695 1765) and used by several cardmakers. Prior to Carey, J. B. Benoist produced the

scattered foxing of interior

Written by  John Gay

and subsequently

Deck Identifiers:

·Corners: square

Much of what remains of Greek New Comedy survived in fragments of collections such like this ‘pusillus liber’

with some additions and changes

Minors w/ Arabic

7 cm X 6 cm

· Paper: Fibrous

and affordable than folios and began printing important works in the octavo format

with typical Italian styled suits: cups