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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on the court cards are characters in Schiller's "Jeanne d'Arc."
The ace of clubs is inscribed "A Tubinge chez J. G. Cotta,
Libraire." The missing card is the 4 of clubs. Backs plain.
In original pasteboard case.
3X x 2F in. [S. Vol. II, pl. 143-6.]
246. Tubingen. Cotta's " Karten Almanach," 1808. Complete pack
of the fourth issue. The figures on the court cards are in Arabian
costumes. An explanatory tract accompanies the set. In original
pasteboard case.
247. Tubingen. Cotta's " Karten Almanach," 1811. Complete pack
of the sixth issue. The figures on the court cards are in the robes
of various orders of knighthood. With explanatory tract. In
original pasteboard case.
248. Tubingen. Osiander's "Karten Almanach," 1815. Complete
pack, similar in character to the preceding, of which it is a continuation. The four kings are portraits of Wellington, Blicher,
Schwartzenburg and Kutusoff, the generals of the allied armies of
England, Prussia, Austria and Russia; the queens are emblematical figures of those countries, and the knaves soldiers of the
same nations. The 4 of clubs is signed "L. Osiander fecit."
The pack is accompanied by a double sheet of letterpress entitled
"Karten Almanach fur die gegenwartige Zeit; gezeichnet und
gestochen von C. F. Osiander." In original pasteboard case.
4 x 23 in. [S. Vol. II, pl. 147-150.]
249. Vienna. H. F. Miiller; early 19th century. Complete pack,
engraved throughout in stipple, similar in character to those of
Cotta and Osiander described above. The court cards are
classical figures without titles, and on all the pip cards are
fanciful and amusing designs, with which the suitmarks are
incorporated. The court cards only are coloured. On the knave
of hearts is " Zu finden in Wien bey H. F. Miller Kunsthiindler."
Edges gilt. Backs mottled red.
3- x 2l in. [S. Vol. III, pl. 131-4.]
250. Vienna. H. F. Miiller; early 19th century. Complete pack,
similar in character to the last, but of inferior execution. The
figures on the court cards are apparently theatrical characters,
and the others have burlesque designs. On the 3 of clubs is
"Wien bey H. F. Miller." Backs mottled red.
3t x 2* in.