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

ENGLISH CARDS.

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remainder of the cards represent and explain the various charges
used in blazon. On the 3 of hearts is a dedication to the Duke of
Albemarle by Blome. The value of the card is indicated by a
suitmark with numeral or portrait in upper r. corner.
31 x 21 in. [S. Vol. I, pl. 60-63.]
53. Heraldry; c. 1675. R. Blome's Armorial Cards. Photolithographic reproduction of the set of the above cards exhibited at a
meeting of the Card Makers' Company in 1888.
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54. Heraldry, 1686. Arms of English Peers. Imperfect engraved
pack of 51, each of which gives the armorial shields of two, three
or four of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, surmounted by a
large coronet or a mitre. The shields are numbered throughout.
The value is indicated by a suitmark with a numeral or letter in
the upper left corner. The 4 of clubs is missing. Backs plain.
3- x 21 in. [S. Vol. I, pl. 64-67.]
(This and the following pack are described in detail in the 'Herald
and Genealogist,' vol. iii, p. 359.)
55. Heraldry, 1688. Arms of English Peers. The same pack, a
later issue with variations. It has an extra card of Barons, on
which are the arms of Waldegrave. The arms of the Earl of
Macclesfield have been removed from the 8 of clubs, those of
Lady Stafford transferred from the 3 of clubs to the 4 of spades,
etc. The 10 of spades, the 3 and knave of diamonds, and the
4 of clubs are missing, and a duplicate 8 of spades is present.
[S. Vol. I, pI. 9.]
56. History, 1679. All the Popish Plots, 1588-1678. Complete
engraved pack (one of the only two examples known to exist),
illustrating the four plots devised against England in the reigns
of Queen Elizabeth, James I, and Charles II. Twenty-seven of
the pieces relate to the Spanish Armada; three to Dr. Parry's plot;
fourteen to the Gunpowder Plot; and eight to the fictitious " Popish
Plot" of 1678. The value of each card is indicated by a suitmark
and numeral or letter in a ruled-off space at the top. Backs plain.
In modern leather-coloured case.
31 x 24 in. [S. Vol. I, pI. 5-8.]
57. History, 1679. The pretended " Popish Plot "of 1678. Imperfect
pack (wanting the 3 of hearts) of the well-known engraved pack,
the execution of which has been groundlessly attributed to Faithhomrne. This is a late and retouched issue of the first set in which
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