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

ENGLJISH CARDS.

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ENGJ~LSII CADS 177

(d.) For Instructive Games.
135. History of England. " Historical Pope Joan," 1822. Pack
of 33 printed cards, with medallion woodcuts of English
sovereigns, from William the Conqueror to George III, attributed to Bewick. In original pasteboard case, lettered "The
Cards for Playing Wallis's New Game of Historical Pope
Joan," etc.
41 x 24 in.
136. History of England; recent. "Royal Old Maid." Pack of 69,
with woodcut portraits of the kings and queens, from William I
to the present Prince and Princess of Wales. With card of
instructions which bears the address of C. Robinson, 8 Baker
Street, London. In original pasteboard case, on which is a portrait of Queen Elizabeth and the title "Reichardt's Historical
Game Royal Old Maid."
38 x 21 in.
137. History of England. "The Royal Cards"; recent. Pack of
40, one representing the Commonwealth, four the dynasties of
the Normans, Plantagenets, Tudors and Stuarts, and thirty-five
the sovereigns of England from William I to Victoria; at the
bottom of each card is a statement of the leading events of
the reign, with an illustration of one of them. Executed in
chromolithography. With sheet of instructions in English and
French, and original wrapper.
38 X 2 in.
138. History of France; 1830. Pack of 78, of which seventy-two
give facts relating to the kings of France from Pharamond to
Louis Philippe, and the remaining six their portraits. Each of
the former has a square frame containing one or more fleurs-de-lis,
and they are in six series, printed in as many different colours.
With six metal pools and a book of directions bearing the address
of E. Wallis. In original pasteboard case.
3- x 2- in.
139. Geography. Counties of England; 1799. Pack of 52 printed
cards, giving the extent, chief towns, products, etc., of the counties
of England and Wales. With sheet of directions. In original
pasteboard case lettered " The Geography of England and Wales,
accurately delineated on 52 Cards," etc., with the address of
J. Wallis.
443 x 3 in.
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