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

GERMAN CARDS.

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and numbers 5-12, accompany the pack; also eight wooden dice
and a sheet of instructions in German and French. In original
pasteboard case, on which is a coloured engraving of a group of
three men and a woman in a landscape, with the title.
356. Costumes of Augsburg; early 18th century. Pack of 33, giving
engraved figures of men and women in costumes of different classes.
At the bottom of each card is engraved the title in German and
French, and most of them bear the address "Joh. Fried. Probst
exc. Aug. Vind." Coloured. Backs plain.
33 x 2- in.
357. Costumes of Augsburg; early 18th century. Pack of 33,
similar in character to the last, but varying in the subjects and
designs. Without publisher's name. Coloured. Backs plain. In
pasteboard case.
3- x 2k in.
358. Oriental Costumes; early 18th century. Pack of 27, similar in
character to the last, but illustrating the costumes of Asiatic
peoples. Every card has its title in German and French. Backs
plain.
33 x 2k in.
359. Costumes of eastern Europe; c. 1820. Sixteen cards, each
having either one or two figures showing the costumes of Turkish
and Austrian provinces; with emblematical devices in the upper
corners. On one, entitled " Herz-Coeur," is a young lady holding
up a heart. Coloured. Backs plain. Perhaps part of a lottery
game.
4i x 31 in.
360. Trades. "Kunst und Gewerkschule." A game consisting of 24
small coloured prints representing various trades and 24 printed
cards giving descriptions. With printed sheet of directions. In
green pasteboard case, lettered " Die Kunst und Gewerk-Schule.
Ein unterhaltendes und belehrendes Spiel," etc.
361. Alphabet. Pack of 25 cards for teaching children the alphabet.
Each gives the various written and printed forms of a letter, with
a coloured vignette in the centre. With printed tract entitled
" Neues lateinisch und deutsches A B C Spiel fur Kinder, mit
Vorstellungen aus der Naturgeschichte... Nirnberg, bei G. P.
I. Bieling." In pasteboard case, on which the above title is
repeated. Backs mottled purple.
44 x 2k in.