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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CATALOGUE OF CARDS.

11. Geography. " Jeu de Geographie, ou sont les quatres Parties du
Monde." Complete pack of 52, belonging to the same series as
No. 5. The cards are all engraved maps of various countries,
each having the name of the country at the top, with a suitmark
enclosing a numeral or letter. The pack is accompanied by a
small book, giving the rules of the game and information respecting
the countries, and has the original wrapper, on which is a map of
the world with the title and address of J. Covens and P. Mortier,
Amsterdam. Backs plain.
34 x 2i in.
12. Geography. Duplicate of the last (wanting the 3 of hearts) with
all the maps and the cover of the book coloured. Backs plain
yellow. In old leather case.
13. Geography. Same pack, complete and coloured throughout.
Without the book. Backs plain. In original pasteboard case, to
which the title-map of the world is attached.
14. Latin Grammar; c. 1670. A complete pack of 52, well engraved,
intended to teach the Latin language. The suitmarks are given
at the base of the cards, but the number is indicated by the
repetition in the design of various devices. On the hearts they
are escutcheons, on the spades bunches of grapes, on the diamonds
quatrefoils, and on the clubs marigolds. The court cards are
fanciful figures in the costume of c. 1670. On the ace of hearts is
a coat-of-arms, azure, a chevron between three mullets or; crest, a
greyhound's head collared. Backs plain.
33 x 21 in. [S. Vol. I, pl. 119-122.]
15. The Four Quarters; c. 1700. Complete pack of 52, very artistically engraved, forming a series of allegorical figures of the four
quarters of the world, of the year, and of the day, the twelve
months, the elements, the senses and various arts and sciences.
The court cards are portraits in ovals, the king and queen of
hearts being Leopold and Eleanor, Emperor and Empress of
Germany. The suits of hearts and diamonds are printed in red,
the others in black. The figures are French in character and have
French titles. On the ace of hearts is " J. Gole exc. cum Privil.
ord: Holl: et West Frisise." Backs decorated with a pattern of
hexagons enclosing suns.
3 x 1i in. [S. Vol. I, pl. 123-124.]
16. Buffoon cards; c. 1690. Fifty-four of a pack of 56, in which each
suit has four court cards. On every pip card is a bust of a