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

ITALIAN CADDS. 5
Cards of true Italian manufacture usually have a fanciful decoration
on the backs, the paper forming which is folded over to the front to form
a border.
I.-TAROT PACKS.
(a.) Packs of 78 for Taroachi.
1. "Tarocchi di Mantegna." Five of the second and inferior set of
the well-known fifteenth century emblematical plates usually referred to by this title, although they are not tarocchi and are
executed in a manner wholly different from that of Mantegna.
These five pieces, which complete the series already in the Museum,
are:-No. II. "Famiro," No. VIII. "Re," No. IX. "Imperatore,"
No. XLV. " Marte," and No. XLVI. "Jupiter."
[For a full description of the whole sequence see Willshire's
Catalogue, p. 65.]
2. Bologna. A. de Maria, "al Mondo"; c. 1810. Complete pack.
On the 2 of cups is " Ant. de Maria al Mondo," and on the 2 of
coins "Tarochi Fini." In the centre of the 4 of coins is an imperial
orb. Nos. XII and XIII of the atutti bear the duty stamp of the
kingdom of Italy, which existed 1805-1814. Names of the court
cards and atutti in French. Backs decorated with a red pattern of
lozenges and stars, and inscribed "al Mondo."
44 x 24 in.
3. Bologna. A. Marisi, "alla Columba," 1750. Complete pack. On
the 2 of cups is "Fabrica di Angelo Marisi," and on the 2 of coins
"Giuseppe Smit fecit in Bologna l'anno 1750." Names of the
court cards and atutti in French. Backs decorated with a formal
diagonal pattern in black, and inscribed "alla Columba."
44 x 21 in.
4. Genoa. F. F. Solesio; 18th century. Imperfect pack of 76, printed
in blue ink and colours. On the 2 of cups is "F. F. Solesio,
Genova." Names of the court cards and atutti in Italian. The
missing cards are the knave of cups and the ace of coins. Backs
decorated with a pattern of wavy blue lines and dots.
4l x 24 in. [S. Vol. III, pi. 56-58.]
5. Gorizia [G6rz], Illyria; 18th century. Complete pack. On the 2 of
cups is " Fabrica in Gorizia." Names of the court cards and atutti
in French. Backs decorated with a blue diagonal pattern, having
two vases in a panel in the centre.
44 x 2i in.