Catalogue of the collection of playing cards bequeathed to the Trustees of the British museum by the late Lady Charlotte Schreiber.

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CATALOG UE OF CARDS.

106. A king of leaves belonging to a pack quite similar to the last but
bearing the date 1710.
107. An ace of leaves, with a fool playing on the bagpipes. 16th
century.
3 x 21 in. [S. Vol. III, pl. 128.]
108. An under knave of bells. A fool dancing and throwing up a bell.
16th century woodcut.
34 x 2i in. [S. Vol. II, pl. 102.]
109. Fragment of a king of acorns; early.
110. An early ace of bells, with a man riding on a boar and holding up
a cup and whip. Back decorated with a diagonal pattern.
34 x 21 in.
II.-WITH FANCY SUITS.
111. Nuremberg (?). Virgil Solis; c. 1540. Ten pieces belonging to
the well-known pack described by Bartsch (Vol. ix, p. 282) and
Willshire (p. 217); viz.-the ace, knave, queen and king of
parrots; the 2, 10 and knave of lions; the ace of monkeys; and
the knave and king of peacocks.
33 x 24 in. [S. Vol. II, pl. 95-97.]
112. Nuremberg. Jobst Amman, 1588. A set of the very rare
cards executed on wood by J. Amman, having as suitmarks
printer's ink balls, books, metal beakers and glass goblets, and
published in book form at Nuremberg in 1588. The present set
is mounted as a pack, the Latin and German inscriptions, which
in the book are printed below the subjects, being cut off and
pasted on the backs. The ace of books is missing. (For full
description see Willshire, p. 221.)
4 2 x 2 in. [S. Vol. II, pl. 98-101.]
113. Nuremberg (?). Erhard Schoen: c. 1540. Four cards belonging
to a pack executed on wood, probably from designs by E. Schoen;
viz.-the deuce and 9 of roses, the 7 of leaves, and the 10 of pomegranates. On the deuce of roses are the arms of Nuremberg, on
the 7 of leaves a group of foxes and geese, and on the 10 of pomegranates a female warrior.

3j x 21 in.

[S. Vol. II, pl. 102.]