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

GE JRMAN CARDS.

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193. "Das Spiel der Hofnung-Le jeu de l'Esperance." Imperfect pack of 35, similar in all respects to the preceding, but
slightly longer. The missing card is the 8 of diamonds. The
cover and sheet of directions are also wanting. Backs decorated
with a pattern of roundels enclosing leaves, on a dark ground.
3 x 1l in.
194. Mlle. Lenormand's fortune-telling cards. Imperfect pack,
of 32, unmounted. The cards are numbered 1-36, and each has a
vignette in the lower part, with a miniature card above to indicate
its value. No. 1 represents the sun, and No. 36 a processional
cross. The missing cards are Nos. 11, 17, 20 and 22. In a red
cloth case, lettered "Die achten Wahrsagekarten der weltberihhmten Kartenschligerin Le Normand. Reutlingen, Verlag
von Ensslin & Laiblin."
31 x 2k in.
195. Mlle. Lenormand's fortune-telling cards. Complete pack,
similar in general design to the last; uncoloured and unmounted.
The subjects of the vignettes are the same, but differently distributed. No. 1 is a gentleman riding. No inscriptions.
3- x 28 in.
196. Mile. Lenormand's fortune-telling cards. B. Dondorf,
Frankfort. Complete pack, executed in chromolithography.
The subjects are identical with those in the preceding pack, and
appear on the same pieces. Each card has at the top two small
roundels, one containing the running number, the other the
maker's name. Backs decorated with a pattern of colours and
gold, into which the maker's name is introduced.
3- x 2k in.
(e.) Packs of 32.
197. Augsburg. A. Rauchmiiller, 1808. Complete pack. The figures
on some of the court cards are in modern costumes, the king of
hearts representing Napoleon Bonaparte in his imperial robes.
On the king of spades is " Fabricirt u. in Holz gestochen," and on
that of clubs "von Anton Rauchmiiller den jiingern in Augsburg 1808." Backs decorated with a small pattern in red. In
original wrapper which bears an advertisement of the maker in
red.
31 x 21 in.
198. Frankfort a/M. C. L. Wiist. Rifle meeting at Frankfort 1862.
Complete pack commemorating this event. The kings are riflemen
and the queens emblematical figures of Germany, Frankfort, etc.