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.

21. Lottery cards; c. 1750. Fifty of a set of 60 (wanting Nos. 1, 4,
5, 6, 10, 17, 25, 31, 51 and 57), similar in character to the preceding, but better engraved, the subjects being enclosed in
fancifully designed frames. The printed cards required for
playing the game are absent.
23 x 2 in. [S. Vol. I, pl. 132 and 133.]
22. Lottery cards; c. 1750. Fifty-six of a set of 60 printed cards
with Dutch mottoes, forming part of a pack similar to the
preceding.
3 x 2 in.
23. Lottery cards; c. 1750. Set of 56 printed cards of classes,
forming part of a pack similar to No. 19.
24. Lottery cards; c. 1820. "De Loterij van Don Quichot en Sanche
Pance." A pack of 92, comprising 30 motto cards printed in red,
30 similar ones printed in black, and 32 coloured picture cards,
two of which represent Don Quixote and Sancho Panza. Backs
decorated with a pattern of stars and dots in blue. In pasteboard
case which bears the above title.
24 x 17 in.
25. Fancy diagonal cards; c. 1693. Imperfect set of 26, of a
singular character. They are in triplets, in which two have entire
designs, while the third has these combined and divided by a
diagonal line. On one card is a French coin with the date 1693,
on another a skull, and a third has these two combined. No inscriptions or suitmarks.
4 x 2R in.
FLEMISH.
I.-TAROT PACKS OF 78.
1. Bruges. Daveluy; modern. Complete pack, with French suits.
The court cards are of German type and the atouts, as in many
German packs, are all natural history subjects except the first and
last, which represent a zany and a man playing a flageolet. The
knaves of hearts and spades support coats-of-arms, and the former
has a scroll inscribed " Cartes de Tarot Fabrique Daveluy Bruges."
Backs decorated with a pattern of dots in blue.
4 x 2J in.