GB 0096 MS1092 - Cavalier Playing Cards pack

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0096 MS1092

Title

Cavalier Playing Cards pack

Date(s)

  • 1886 (Creation)

Level of description

Extent and medium

1 volume

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Details of the creator were unknown at the time of the compilation of this finding aid.

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Unknown

GB 0096 MS1092 1886 Collection (fonds) 1 volume Unknown

Details of the creator were unknown at the time of the compilation of this finding aid.

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Cavalier Playing Cards collection, 1886, comprises a bound volume containing a pack of cavalier playing cards, designed in the era of Charles II, forming a complete satire of the Commonwealth, published by the Clarendon Historical Society, with accompanying typescript explanation on each card by Edmund Goldschmid (1885-1886).

Arranged as in Scope and Content.

Access to this collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the supervised environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Please contact the University Archivist for details. 24 hours notice is required for research visits.

Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.

English

No addional finding aid exists.

Compiled by Samantha Velumyl.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

April 2008 Clarendon Historical Society English history European history Humour (literary) Leisure Leisure time activities Literary forms and genres Literature Manufactured goods National history Play Playing cards

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Unknown

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Cavalier Playing Cards collection, 1886, comprises a bound volume containing a pack of cavalier playing cards, designed in the era of Charles II, forming a complete satire of the Commonwealth, published by the Clarendon Historical Society, with accompanying typescript explanation on each card by Edmund Goldschmid (1885-1886).

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Arranged as in Scope and Content.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Access to this collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the supervised environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Please contact the University Archivist for details. 24 hours notice is required for research visits.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Finding aids

No addional finding aid exists.

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Institution identifier

Senate House Library, University of London

Rules and/or conventions used

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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Language(s)

  • English

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