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

GERMA.N CARDS.

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345. Place of issue uncertain; early 18th century. "Egyptischen
Lotterie." A set of six cards, each divided into seventy squares
containing numerals and coloured hieroglyphics, with a circular
" Tabelle " which is divided into 12 compartments containing
various Egyptian figures, coloured.
5 x 4 in.
346. Sorcery cards; 17th century. Sixteen of a pack of 20, of
which the first has the figure of a Jew, the second that of a
servant, and the rest various animals, a mouse, cat, dog, owl, etc.
All bear German mottoes, e.g. " die Maus wurd von die Katz
gefresen," " die Katz frist die Maus," etc., and are numbered at
the top 1-20. Executed on wood and coloured. The missing
cards are Nos. 5, 9, 11 and 15. Backs mottled red.
34 x 21 in.
347. Sorcery cards. Complete pack of 20. Modern facsimile of an
old set similar in character and subjects to the last, but from
other designs. [Said to be published by J. A. Steinberger at
Frankfort.] Backs decorated with a plaid pattern. In original
wrapper.
38 x 23 in.
(d.) Instructive.
348. Roman and German Emperors; 17th century. Sixty-two
engraved portraits of emperors of Rome and Germany, down to
Ferdinand III; each enclosed in an oval spandrel, with Latin
title and motto and a German distich below. Though mounted
as cards they are illustrations to a book, a reference to which
appears at the top of each. Backs decorated with a pattern of
blue stars.
44 x 24- in.
349. German Emperors; late 18th century. Pack of 54, each containing a small woodcut medallion portrait of an emperor, with a
letterpress account of him below. The series begins with
Charlemagne and ends with Joseph II, who succeeded in 1765.
With printed instructions entitled "Nachricht die deutsche
Kaiserkarte betreffend." Backs decorated with a diagonal
pattern of blue stars. In leather-covered case resembling a
book, lettered " Deutsche Keiserkarte."
51 x 33 in.
350. Rulers of Saxony; 17th century. Thirty-five of a set of engraved half-length portraits of Saxon kings and princes from