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

DUTCH CARDS.

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complete suits of spades and clubs, with the 9 and 10 of diamonds.
Each numeral card has either one or two medallion heads of French
kings, with an account of them in French, its value being indicated
by a miniature card on the right hand side. The court cards are
whole length figures of Scaramouche, Cornelia, Julius Caesar,
Pollichinelle, Livia, and Augustus. The diamonds are printed in
red ink. Backs decorated with a pattern of hexagons enclosing
suns.
31 x 2i in.
8. The Papacy; c. 1715. "Nieuwe Constitutie Kaart van's Paussen
gewaande onfeilbaarheid gestigt op dolheid en blindheid." Complete
pack (52), with two titles, of well-engraved cards forming a series
of satires on the history of the Papacy, each with two Dutch lines
below. The value is indicated by a suitmark with a number or
name beside it. The 3 of hearts represents Pope Joan, and the
suit of spades is chiefly devoted to Pasquier Quesnel and the
Jansenist controversy, the papal bull " Unigenitus" of 1713 being
mentioned. The first title card contains the above title which is
inscribed on a sheet held by figures of Folly and Blindness; on
the second is the satirical statement " Deze Nieuwe Constitutie
Kaart feilbaar voor de Verliezers Onfeilbaar voor de Winners,
worden gemaakt; en zyn te koop te Romen in de Vissers ring
by Pieter Waanregt, in de gekroonde Constitutie Non." Backs
plain.
34 x 1[ in. [S. Vol. III, pl. 113-116.]
9. Bubble Companies of 1720. "April-Kaart of Kaart Spel van
Momus naar de Nieuwste Mode." Complete pack of 52 engraved
cards, with two title-pieces, forming a series of satires on the South
Sea, Mississippi, and other bubble schemes. (For description
of the pack, as issued in sheet form, see Willshire, D. 114, and
Stephens's Catalogue of Satirical Prints in the British Museum,
No. 1642.) Backs decorated with a flower pattern, coloured.
31 x 2 in. [S. Vol. I, pl. 111-114.]
10. Bubble Companies of 1720; " Pasquin's Windkaart of de Windnegotie van 't Jaar 1720." Complete pack of 52 engraved cards,
from the same designs as the last, but with different inscriptions.
In original cardboard case, to which the title card is attached.
(For description of the pack, as issued in sheet form, see Stephens's
Catalogue of Satirical Prints in the British Museum, No. 1643.)
Backs plain.

34 x 2 in.

[S. Vol. I, pl. 115-118.]
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